Funding for public health in Europe in decline?
Europe
Financial crisis
Health expenditures
Public health
Journal
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ISSN: 1872-6054
Titre abrégé: Health Policy
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8409431
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
28
05
2018
revised:
23
11
2018
accepted:
24
11
2018
pubmed:
5
12
2018
medline:
10
8
2019
entrez:
5
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Concerns have been raised in recent years in several European countries over cutbacks to funding for public health. This article explores how widespread the problem is, bringing together available information on funding for public health in Europe and the effects of the economic crisis. It is based on a review of academic and grey literature and of available databases, detailed case studies of nine European countries (England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden, Poland, and the Republic of Moldova) and in-depth interviews. The findings highlight difficulties in establishing accurate estimates of spending on public health, but also point to cutbacks in many countries and an overall declining share of health expenditure going to public health. Public health seems to have been particularly vulnerable to funding cuts. However, the decline is not inevitable and there are examples of countries that have chosen to retain or increase their investment in public health.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30509874
pii: S0168-8510(18)30659-6
doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.11.014
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
21-26Informations de copyright
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