McDaid, David 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0744-2664, Quaglio, Gianluca, Correia de Campos, António, van Woensel, Lieve, Karapiperis, Theodoros and Reeves, Aaron ORCID: 0000-0001-9114-965X
(2014)
Health protection in times of economic crisis: Challenges and opportunities for Europe.
Journal of Public Health Policy, 34 (4).
pp. 489-501.
ISSN 0197-5897
Abstract
STOA, the European Parliament’s technology assessment body, and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies recently organised a workshop on the impacts of the economic crisis on European health systems. Evidence of the impact of the recent financial crisis on health outcomes is only just beginning to emerge. Data suggests that this latest recession has led to more frequent poor health status, rising incidence of some communicable diseases, and higher suicide rates. Further, available data are likely to underestimate the broader mental health crisis linked to increased rates of stress, anxiety, and depression among the economically vulnerable. Not only does recession affect factors that determine health, but it also affects the financial capacity to respond. Many European governments have reduced public expenditure on health services during the financial crisis, while introducing or increasing user charges. The recession has driven structural reforms, and has affected the priority given to public policies that could be used to help protect population health. The current economic climate, while challenging, presents an opportunity for reforming and restructuring health promotion actions and taking a long-term perspective.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/index.html |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Palgrave Macmillan |
| Divisions: | Care Policy and Evaluation Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2013 08:38 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2024 01:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52194 |
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