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1 Cross-border Healthcare in Europe A challenge to tear down barriers 2 nd Congress of Polish Private Hospitals Katowice, 15 th May 2012 Dr Erich Sieber

2 www.company.com UEHP: members © Dr Erich Sieber Text Lithuania/Lithuanie Poland/Pologne Czech Rep./Rep. Tchèque Hungary/Hongrie Bulgaria/Bulgarie Greece/Grèce Italy/Italie Monaco/Monaco Spain/Espagne Portugal/Portugal France/France Switzerland/Suisse Austria/Autriche Ireland/Irlande Belgium/Belgique Germany/Allemagne Sweden/Suède

3 www.company.com UEHP: members © Dr Erich Sieber

4 www.company.com UEHP: figures Business €100.000 millions Beds 770.000 Hospitals 4.500 Workforce 1.500.000 © Teófilo Leite

5 www.company.com © Dr Erich Sieber spa’s Brighton on sea / GB Spa / B Davos / CH Karlsbad / CZ Balneario de Archena / E Nizza / F Bad Gastein / A Zakopane / PL Luxor / ET Capri / I Heluan / ET Dead Sea / IL

6 www.company.com Long waiting lists Treatment not available at home Treatment cost Legal status of treatment Healthy lifestyle and beauty mania Quality of treatment Low-cost, last second and short break travels EU Directive on cross-border healthcare www.uehp.org Health Tourism: key drivers © Teófilo Leite

7 www.company.com Language Patients budget Intransparent reimbursement policy Intransparent treatment conditions Lack of common health policies, convergence of the health systems and inter-country referrals Satisfaction with treatment at home Inconvenience / time effort Cultural barriers www.uehp.org Health Tourism: barriers © Teófilo Leite

8 www.company.com Transplantation surgery Orthopaedic surgery Cancer diseases Aesthetic surgery Dental treatments Chronic diseases www.uehp.org Health Tourism: main kinds of treatments © Teófilo Leite

9 www.company.com Health Tourism to Austria © Dr Erich Sieber

10 www.company.com Health Tourism in Europe © Dr Erich Sieber

11 www.company.com The European healthcare tourism could become a recent and extremely important service industry with great cultural, social, economic and political implications and needs: A European Health Tourism Association A European brand to position Europe as the leading continent in this field: The World is well cared-for in Europe! A network for European Centers of Reference, European certification International network to facilitate mobility www.uehp.org Conclusions © Teófilo Leite


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