New professional roles and patient satisfaction: evidence from a European survey along three clinical pathways

Expenditure on health care is the second largest single item of public spending in all the EU states [1] putting intense pressure on public finances. Member states have in place plans to reduce the rate of growth if not the absolute level of public expenditure. However these constraints come at a time when population need for health care is growing rapidly as a result of changing demography and changing paradigms for treatment. Managing these competing issues is a major challenge both in terms of organizational capacity of healthcare services to respond promptly to the increased need and in terms of economic sustainability.

Source: Health Policy - August 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: M. Ruggeri, C. Drago, V. Moramarco, S. Coretti, J. K öppen, K. Islam, J. Gibson, R. Busse, J. van Exel, M. Sutton, J.E. Askildsen, C. Bond, R. Elliott, on behalf of the MUNROS team Source Type: research