Health Systems Governance in Europe

List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; 1. Health systems governance in Europe: the role of EU law and policy Elias Mossialos, Govin Permanand, Rita Baeten and Tamara Hervey; 2. Health care and the EU: the law and policy patchwork Tamara Hervey and Bart Vanhercke; 3. EU regulatory agencies and health protection Govin Permanand and Ellen Vos; 4. The hard politics of soft law: the case of health Scott L. Greer and Bart Vanhercke; 5. Public health policies Martin McKee, Tamara Hervey and Anna Gilmore; 6. Fundamental rights and health care Jean McHale; 7. EU competition law and public services Tony Prosser; 8. EU competition law and health policy Julia Lear, Elias Mossialos and Beatrix Karl; 9. Public procurement and state aid in national health care systems Vassilis Hatzopoulos; 10. Private health insurance and the internal market Sarah Thomson and Elias Mossialos; 11. Free movement of services in the EU and health care Wouter Gekiere, Rita Baeten and Willy Palm; 12. Enabling patient mobility in the EU: between free movement and coordination Willy Palm and Irene A. Glinos; 13. The EU legal framework on e-health Stefaan Callens; 14. EU law and health professionals Miek Peeters, Martin McKee and Sherry Merkur; 15. The EU pharmaceuticals market: parameters and pathways Leigh Hancher; Bibliography; Index.

Elias Mossialos is Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy and Director of LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Govin Permanand is Programme Manager of the Health Evidence Network at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Denmark. Rita Baeten is Senior Policy Analyst at the European Social Observatory, Brussels. Tamara K. Hervey is Professor of Law at the University of Sheffield.