EU HEALTH CONCERNS
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLCONFIDENCE in the durability of public health systems is not high amongst continental Europeans, a new Swedish report has claimed. Without reform 81% of 8,000 citizens in seven European Union (EU) member countries fear that the quality of their healthcare will decline or stagnate. Also, "Impatient for Change - European attitudes to healthcare reform", published by The Stockholm Network, found that 84% of respondents considered changes to their national health systems as "urgent or necessary". Working-age taxpayers were keenest to see change in the ...
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