tailieunhanh - Addressing financial sustainability in health systems

You still may be thinking, “But this isn’t about me. I don’t have heart disease.” But you may have conditions or habits that can lead to heart disease, such as being overweight, smoking cigarettes, or not engaging in enough physical activity. You may already know about these and other “risk factors” for heart disease. You may know which ones you personally have. What you may not know, though, is that if you have even one risk factor, you are much more likely to develop heart disease, with its many serious consequences. A damaged heart can damage your life by interfering with. | El POLICY SUMMARY I Addressing financial sustainability in health systems Sarah Thomson Tom Foubister Josep Figueras Joseph Kutzin Govin Permanand Lucie Bryndová SK-vatoryE on Health Systems and Policies EviDthlK ÙẼĨ1IÌI. POLICY SUMMARY 1 Addressing financial sustainability in health systems Sarah Thomson Tom Foubister Josep Figueras Joseph Kutzin Govin Permanand Lucie Bryndová Policy summary prepared for the Czech European Union Presidency Ministerial Conference on the Financial Sustainability of Health Systems in Europe Keywords DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE - economics HEALTH CARE COSTS COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABILITY EUROPE World Health Organization 2009 and World Health Organization on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies 2009 Address requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen 0 Denmark Alternatively complete an online request form for documentation health information or for permission to quote or translate on the Regional Office web site http pubrequest . All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications in part or in full. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. .