Author(s): Ferreira, Pedro Lopes ; Tavares, Aida Isabel ; Quintal, Carlota ; Santana, Paula
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/107518
Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID/PT;
Subject(s): EU health systems; Factor analysis; Cluster analysis; Health system functions
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.
EURO-HEALTHY project (Shaping EUROpean policies to promote HEALTH equity) and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 643398.
