EUCBCC

EUropean Cross Border Care Collaborations Short Title: CrossEurope

 Coordinatore LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 

 Organization address address: Houghton Street 1
city: LONDON
postcode: WC2A 2AE

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Helen
Cognome: Vieth
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 207 955 6297
Fax: +44 20 7955 6803

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 5˙766˙893 €
 EC contributo 4˙499˙437 €
 Programma FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health
 Code Call FP7-HEALTH-2009-single-stage
 Funding Scheme CP-FP
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-05-01   -   2013-10-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

 Organization address address: Houghton Street 1
city: LONDON
postcode: WC2A 2AE

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Helen
Cognome: Vieth
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 207 955 6297
Fax: +44 20 7955 6803

UK (LONDON) coordinator 1˙474˙822.00
2    LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE

 Organization address address: KEPPEL STREET
city: LONDON
postcode: WC1E7HT

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Penny
Cognome: Ireland
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 20 79272678
Fax: +44 20 75805636

UK (LONDON) participant 671˙596.00
3    TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN

 Organization address address: STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135
city: BERLIN
postcode: 10623

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Simone
Cognome: Ludwig
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 30 31421371
Fax: +49 30 31421121

DE (BERLIN) participant 366˙480.00
4    EUROPAISCHES ZENTRUM FUR WOHLFAHRTSPOLITIK UND SOZIALFORSCHUNG

 Organization address address: BERGGASSE 17
city: WIEN
postcode: 1090

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Flip
Cognome: Maas
Email: send email
Telefono: 431319000000
Fax: 431319000000

AT (WIEN) participant 341˙956.00
5    UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT

 Organization address address: Minderbroedersberg 4-6
city: MAASTRICHT
postcode: 6200 MD

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Hans
Cognome: Maarse
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 433881560
Fax: +31 433670960

NL (MAASTRICHT) participant 339˙744.00
6    TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS

 Organization address address: MANNERHEIMINTIE 166
city: HELSINKI
postcode: 300

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Jaakko
Cognome: Penttinen
Email: send email
Telefono: +358 206108203
Fax: +358 206108225

FI (HELSINKI) participant 286˙037.00
7    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

 Organization address address: Avenue Appia 20
city: GENEVE
postcode: 1211

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Imre
Cognome: Hollo
Email: send email
Telefono: +45 39171388
Fax: +32 2 5250936

CH (GENEVE) participant 228˙753.00
8    OBSERVATOIRE SOCIAL EUROPEEN ASBL

 Organization address address: rue Paul Emile Janson 13
city: BRUXELLES
postcode: 1050

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Pierre
Cognome: Jonckheer
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 2 5371971
Fax: +32 2 5392808

BE (BRUXELLES) participant 189˙743.00
9    SEMMELWEIS EGYETEM

 Organization address address: Ulloi ut 26
city: BUDAPEST
postcode: 1085

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Blanka
Cognome: Török
Email: send email
Telefono: +36 1 488 7616
Fax: +36 1 488 7610

HU (BUDAPEST) participant 169˙144.00
10    UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

 Organization address address: GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585
city: BARCELONA
postcode: 8007

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Joan
Cognome: Gil
Email: send email
Telefono: +34 93 4020109

ES (BARCELONA) participant 147˙520.00
11    SIHTASUTUS POLIITIKAUURINGUTE KESKUS PRAXIS

 Organization address address: ESTONIA AVENUE 5A
city: TALLINN
postcode: 10143

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Ain
Cognome: Aaviksoo
Email: send email
Telefono: +372 640 9000
Fax: +372 640 9001

EE (TALLINN) participant 116˙826.00
12    INSTITUT ZA VAROVANJE ZDRAVJA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE

 Organization address address: Trubarjeva 2
city: LJUBLJANA
postcode: 1000

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Tit
Cognome: Albreht
Email: send email
Telefono: +38 612441420
Fax: 38612441447

SI (LJUBLJANA) participant 85˙600.00
13    AZIENDA UNITA' LOCALE SOCIO SANITARIA N 10 VENETO ORIENTALE

 Organization address address: PIAZZA DE GASPERI 5
city: SAN DONA DI PIAVE
postcode: 30027

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Silva
Cognome: Mitro
Email: send email
Telefono: 39421228063
Fax: 390421000000

IT (SAN DONA DI PIAVE) participant 81˙216.00
14    REGIONE DEL VENETO

 Organization address address: Palazzo Balbi - Dorsoduro 3901
city: VENEZIA
postcode: 30123

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Luigi
Cognome: Bertinato
Email: send email
Telefono: +39 041 2791425
Fax: +39 041 2791366

IT (VENEZIA) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'EUCBCC aims to facilitate a process whereby Europe's citizens can make informed choices about whether to seek health care in another Member State and, if they so choose, to ensure that the admin and clinical processes are straightforward and ensure continuity of care. It takes as its starting point the recent draft Directive on Patients' Rights, augmented by the existing body of research on cross-border care. It then focuses on those areas where the necessary information is incomplete and seeks to fill the gaps. It is equally important to state what it does not do. It does not seek to quantify the scale of movement because our earlier research reveals this to be a dynamic area where data are often unavailable and rapidly become out of date. EUCBCC firstly examines five aspects of health care delivery where it will be necessary for procedures to be compatible if patients are to be assured that the care they receive is safe, of adequate quality, and capable of providing continuity where some parts of the overall care process are provided in different Member States. These are: provisions with regard to the continuing quality health professionals; treatment pathways; public reporting of quality; content and scope of medical records; and medical prescribing. Secondly, it looks at three areas where there is already cross-border collaboration, to identify practical issues that have arisen and how they have (not) addressed. These areas of practice are collaborations between hospitals in border areas, telemedicine, and dentistry. The research on the first set of topics generally takes place on two levels. The first involves a series of pan-European surveys to identify the nature of the phenomenon in, as far as possible, all Member States. The second involves focused studies in key areas geographical of subject areas that capture important issues. The methods used are both quantitative and qualitative and involve contributions from a broad range of disciplines.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Providing health care to patients across European borders is difficult. An EU-funded project explored where it is working and what barriers prevent more widespread use.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The project 'European cross border care collaborations short title: CrossEurope' (http://www.ecabeurope.eu (EUCBCC)) examined nine aspects of cross-border health care: quality of health professionals, treatment pathways, the content and scope of medical records, medical prescribing, reporting quality in both health and long-term care, hospital collaboration, telemedicine, dentistry and media reporting. The study also looked at existing cross-border collaborations to identify practical issues and concerns.

Researchers used a variety of quantitative and qualitative models to gather information. These included surveys, a Delphi exercise, mystery interviews and focus groups. Experts from 13 partner institutions from 11 countries conducted the research.

Findings showed that relatively few patients or those who seek care cross borders for health services. Even well-developed arrangements, such as those for dentists in Hungary serving patients from Hungary and Austria, serve limited numbers of patients. This is also true for French women choosing to give birth in Belgium and tourists receiving dialysis treatment in Italy. Although patient satisfaction was high, lack of data made it difficult to quantify the scale of these events.

In contrast, there was significant movement of health professionals across borders. Variability in training standards across countries, however, has been problematic.

Variability in guidelines was also identified as a problematic area. For example, although all participating countries have clinical guidelines, there is no systematic process for data collection. As a result, it is difficult to determine how frequently the guidelines are used.

An area where processes are working well is patient safety in dispensing of prescriptions. The limited amount of dispensed prescriptions allow pharmacists to find the right one. In other areas, further improvements in the legal framework are needed for cross-border care to take place and to be effective. For instance, for telemedicine to work, legislation and regulation at the EU level are needed. There also should be agreement on minimum data requirements in hospital discharge summaries.

This project was the first comprehensive overview of current patient and professional mobility across Europe. Its findings will have a major impact on public policy decisions.

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