Health Systems, Health and Wealth

This report describes how the participants explored the dynamic relationships between health systems, health and wealth and discussed the four functions of health systems

• service delivery
• financing
• creation of the health workforce and other inputs
• stewardship/governance

The WHO European Ministerial Conference on Health Systems was organized in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2008 by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and hosted by the Government of Estonia. Over 500 participants attended, including ministers responsible for health, civil affairs, and finance and economic affairs from 52 of the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region, internationally recognized experts on health systems and representatives of international and civil-society organizations and the mass media. The Conference was a major turning point in the evolution of public health.

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Det är ett viktigt steg för patientsäkerheten att medicinsk information om en patient ska finnas tillgänglig om personen behöver vård i ett annat EU-land.

Göran Hägglund, socialminister