HOPE, the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation, is an international non-profit organisation, created in 1966.
HOPE represents national public and private hospital associations and hospital owners, either federations of local
and regional authorities or national health services. Today, HOPE is made up of 33 organisations coming from the
27 Member States of the European Union, plus Switzerland.
HOPE mission is to promote improvements in the health of citizens throughout Europe, high standard of hospital
care and to foster efficiency with humanity in the organization and operation of hospital and healthcare services.

NEW HOPE PUBLICATION
Better health - A shared challenge for hospitals and primary health care
A report on HOPE Exchange Programme 2011

HOPE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2012
Ageing health workforce – ageing patients: multiple challenges for hospitals and healthcare in Europe
More information and registration HOPE Agora 2012 on www.hospage.eu

RECENT HOPE PUBLICATIONS

The Crisis, Hospitals and Healthcare

The financial and economic crisis is hitting European hospitals and healthcare services. Spared at an earlier stage, most of them are now clearly impacted.

HOPE has been looking for the past year at the direct and indirect effects of the crisis on the European health systems. Its results are now available with the publication The Crisis, Hospitals and Healthcare. This comparative report details impacts and measures taken, on hospital and healthcare services, on healthcare professionals and on patients and citizens.

The Crisis, Hospitals and Healthcare

Chronic diseases, a clinical and managerial challenge

Chronic conditions are the most relevant issues among population and are likely to increase in the coming years. The number of chronic beds in hospitals has rapidly overcome the number of acute beds and the traditional patterns of care are being reviewed, in order to continue guaranteeing cost effectiveness and quality of care.

HOPE report Chronic diseases, a clinical and managerial challenge discusses those new paradigms of healthcare delivery across Europe, and the way they ensure more effective care for patients and more efficient use of resources in the entire system.

Chronic diseases, a clinical and managerial challenge

HOSPITALS in the 27 Member States of the European Union

Knowledge on hospitals in Europe is sparse and spread in different sources. To make easily available the core information HOPE has developed three tools.

Facts and figures
provide detailed information about the situation of hospitals in each EU Member State. It considers the demographic and socio-economic condition, the healthcare systems features, hospital planning, governance and financing.
Hospitals in the EU 27: Facts and figures

Comparative key figures
examine the most significant data and indicators for a better understanding of the overall situation of hospitals. They present the trends over the last five to ten years on hospital activity, acute care hospital capacity and healthcare workforce.
Hospitals in the EU 27: Comparative key figures

Hospitals in the 27 Member States of the European Union
is a joint work of HOPE and DEXIA, both a paper poster gathering information for each of the EU Member States and a book providing a synthesis.
Hospitals in the EU 27: The book

Hospital Healthcare Europe 2010/2011
The Official HOPE Reference Book
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