Euregio III

HCN has participated in several international projects where we developed practical knowledge database resources. The case materials collected represent different areas of practical experience and provide lessons for implementation in practice. The case materials always respond to the defined problems of the projects, outline the various solutions available, and offer proven results that showcase a […]

January 2021

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE USE OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS FOR HEALTHCARE INVESTMENT EUREGIO III was funded to explore and assess the use of Structural Funds for health investment in the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 SF cycles. During the project all EU regional health systems were facing significant change: demographic, epidemiological, technological and economic. This was compounded by […]

July 2017

European Structural and Investment Funds in the health sector European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF, earlier called SF, Structural Funds) used in the health sector mostly financed direct health investments in the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 SF periods. During this time the predominant SF investments focused mainly on capital expenditure for hospital and health facility renewal […]

July 2017

Dealing with health inequalities is not a new challenge. We have more than 30 years of experience in this field. Yet, inequalities remain a constant problem despite improvements in data, knowledge, policies, and interventions. In our communities, health inequity is a circle that needs breaking. It is both the catalyst and product of unequal economic, […]

July 2017

In the EU, there is a growing consensus across Europe about the need for urgent reconfiguration of health care. Critically, the acute hospital model is costly and economically unsustainable in its present form. Evidence suggests that technology growth is contributing significantly to polarisation of services. It will transform and accelerate the capacity to transfer more […]

July 2017