Economic crisis, health systems in Europe

A freely available book on Economic crisis, health system and health in Europe , has been published by the World Health Organization in partnership with European Observatory on Health systems and Policies. This book details health policy decisions in lieu of the financial and economic crisis faced by Europe. The policy decisions have been described by country in an effort to provide valuable knowledge to policy-makers, researchers and others.

The book has some sections dedicated to how the health policy in the EU nations have affected rare disease patients as well as the policy decision that have been undertaken or should be undertaken to improve development and/or access to rare diseases.