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Proposed Directive on patients’ rights in cross-border health care – background & recent developments. F öldes Éva, Ph. D. Candidate Central European University Regional meeting on Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Health Care Budapest, February 27-28.
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Proposed Directive on patients’ rights in cross-border health care – background & recent developments Földes Éva, Ph. D. Candidate Central European University Regional meeting on Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Health Care Budapest, February 27-28
Access to health care – Member States’ competence? Principle of subsidiarity, confirmed repeatedly by ECJ rulings* Market integrationAmendment of the territoriality principle *Duphar, Poucet/ Pistre, Sodemare, Decker, Kohll, Geraets-Simts/ Peerbooms, Müller-Fauré/ Van Riet, Inizan, Vanbraekel, Watts, Leichtle, Stamatelaki
Consequences of ECJ rulings Access to health care in other Member States Social security EU Treaty - co-ordination mechanism Free movement principles
Preparatory work – policy initiatives launched by the Commission • 2002 - High level reflection process on patient mobility and health care & the High Level Group • 2004 – Commission proposal for a Directive on services • 2006 – Council conclusions on common values & principles in EU health systems • 2006 – Open consultation regarding Community action on health services
Preparatory work • 2005 – 2007 - European Parliament reports on patient mobility and cross-border care developments • External surveys, analyses, studies
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies:http://www.euro.who.int/observatory/Publications/20020522_2