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EU health systems classification: a new proposal from EURO-HEALTHY
Pedro Lopes Ferreira1, Aida Isabel Tavares2, Carlota Quintal3
1CEISUC and FEUC, University of Coimbra, Av Dias da Silva, 165, 3004-512, Coimbra, Portugal.
Background:
In accordance the WHO framework of health system functions and by using the indicators collected within the EURO-HEALTHY project, this work aims to contribute to the discussion on the classification of EU health systems.
Methods:
Three methods were used in this article: factor analysis, cluster analysis and descriptive analysis; data were mainly collected from the WHO and Eurostat databases.
Results:
The most relevant result is the proposed classification of health systems into the following clusters: Austria-Germany, Central and Northern Countries, Southern Countries, Eastern Countries 'A' and Eastern Countries 'B'.
Conclusions:
The proposed typology contributes to the discussion about how to classify health systems; the typology of EU health systems allows comparisons of characteristics and health system performance across clusters and policy assessment and policy recommendation within each cluster.
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