Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

To foster and facilitate the exchange of information has always been one of the prominent HOPE objectives. The present report offers and overview of the impact of the economic and financial crisis on European healthcare systems. It covers five aspects of that impact and measures adopted: - overall impact on the country; - on health systems; - on hospital and healthcare services; - on healthcare professionals; - on citizens and patients. The first section is comparing for each country the most recent information available. The second section gathers the same information country by country. All information concerning the impact of the crisis on the healthcare system, hospital system, hospital professionals and citizens has been gathered between March 2010 and March 2011 thanks to the work of HOPE Members (Governors and Liaison Officers, see list of contributors) and has been complemented by other sources, in most cases the updated “Stability programme” or “Convergence programme” of Member States. The information presented in the first part of the document, illustrating the general condition of the country and the overall impact of the crisis on the economy, is taken from officially published European documents. The figures concerning the government deficit to GDP and public debt as percentage of GDP are from EUROSTAT