The Future of Health Care in Six European Countries

The Views of Policy Elites

Bibliographic Data

ID23228798
AuthorsPeter Taylor-Gooby (0000-0002-4825-1250, University of Kent, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume26
Issue2
Pages203-219
Publication date1996-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Health Services (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7314 • E-ISSN: 1541-4469
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/bc70-6qy7-takh-ngt0
PMID9132372
OpenAlexW1975013434
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited2

A recent study was made of the views of politicians, representatives of trade unions, business organizations, and others likely to be influential in policy making, on the future of health care provision in six European Union (E.U.) countries. This article discusses the findings. While common problems of rising cost resulting from population aging are recognized in all countries, the way these issues are interpreted and the policies seen as appropriate to tackle them differ. Views are strongly influenced by the organizational structure of existing provision. This supports the “new institutionalist” view that policy feedback plays an important role in shaping policy reform. It also indicates that the potential for convergence in E.U. social policy is more limited than suggestions that the single European market will lead to an “ever closer union” might imply.

Convergence (economics) · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Health care · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Population ageing · Social policy · Sociology · Soviet union · Global Health Care Issues · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Health Policy

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