Eucomed gathered together with almost 200 senior healthcare stakeholders from 26 European countries in Geneva on 17 March to debate the future of healthcare reform in Europe. The event, part of a three-year series organised by the Economist, brought together government policymakers and healthcare providers along with suppliers, patient groups and NGOs from Europe and beyond.
At the event, the Economist Intelligence Unit report “The future of healthcare in Europe” was launched. The report looks at the financial challenges facing healthcare today and likely trends in healthcare development to 2030. To research this report, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed the literature and data available on Europe’s healthcare systems, and conducted 28 in-depth interviews with leading experts in the field. The data and expert insights were then analysed to define trends likely to impact the direction of healthcare in the next two decades.
Finally, the Economist Intelligence Unit developed five scenarios, each a distillation of a school of thought on healthcare reform. The intention is to use these scenarios as a policy-neutral set of platforms upon which some degree of agreement can be reached about the future direction of healthcare.
