http://www.trainingblog.co.uk/2008/09/30/the-difference-between-european-healthcare-and-the-nhs/ Information on Management & Leadership Training Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:22:49 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.trainingblog.co.uk/2008/09/30/the-difference-between-european-healthcare-and-the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Michael J Mullins Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:39:18 +0000 http://www.trainingblog.co.uk/2008/09/30/the-difference-between-european-healthcare-and-the-nhs/#comment-147 There are three advantages tot he French system 1) Separation between the Purchasers and providers of health care - the National Sickness Insurance companies on the one hand and the Hospitals and ambulatory providers on the other 2) Patient choice encourages competition 3) A high level of supply 3 doctors per 1000 in France, as against 1.7 in UK, 8.4 hospital beds, as against 4.1, again encouraging competition There are three advantages tot he French system
1) Separation between the Purchasers and providers of health care – the National Sickness Insurance companies on the one hand and the Hospitals and ambulatory providers on the other
2) Patient choice encourages competition
3) A high level of supply 3 doctors per 1000 in France, as against 1.7 in UK, 8.4 hospital beds, as against 4.1, again encouraging competition

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