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Hospitals in Europe:
Healthcare data
The figures presented provide the most up-to-date comparative picture of the situation
of healthcare and hospitals, compared with that at the beginning of the 2000s
Pascal Garel
HOPE Chief Executive
Isabella Notarangelo
HOPE Health Economist
For a number of years, hospitals have been
required to act more efficiently and to
increase productivity. Increased performance
is indeed evident. Yet, healthcare systems are
facing conflicting trends: short and long-term
impacts of financial and economic restrictions;
increasing demands of an ever-expanding and
ageing population, which leads to more chronic
patients; increasing request and availability of
technological innovations; new roles, new skills
and new responsibilities for the health workforce.
To adapt to this situation, the role of hospitals
is further evolving. Most health systems have
already moved from a traditional hospital-centric
and doctor-centric pattern of care to integrated
models in which hospitals work closely with
primary care, community care and home-care.
The figures given here provide the most up
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to date comparative picture of the situation of
healthcare and ho