health equity
Health Equity 2020
REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN EUROPEAN REGIONS There are three main mechanisms through which socioeconomic health inequalities can be reduced: Reducing the inequalities in socioeconomic position itself, such as education, income, or wealth; Reducing the negative effect of a low socioeconomic position on health by improving determinants of health that are more prevalent among lower compared […]
July 2017
EUREGIO III
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
Health Equity 2020 Toolkit Resource Documents
The HealthEquity2020 project produced a comprehensive Toolkit developed by the Erasmus University Medical Centre. The Health Equity 2020 project Toolkit is designed to help European regions draw up evidence-based action plans to address socioeconomic health inequalities. The Toolkit documents are provided below.
July 2017
Areas of expertise
Demonstrating the added value of investment It is shared and common prejudice that the costs for health care are rocketing and approaching the limits of affordability. This is not supported by evidence on expenditure over a 10 year period of economic change, intense health sector reform or consumer preferences and demand. A challenge shared by […]
July 2017