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.

HOSPAGE
FROM 11 TO 13 JUNE 2012 IN BERLIN, GERMANY
The European symposium on “Aging health workforce – aging patients”
Featuring the AGORA of HOPE Exchange Programme 2012
For more information see www.hospage.eu

RECENT HOPE PUBLICATIONS

Better health
A shared challenge for hospitals and primary health care

HOPE published on 8 November 2011 “Better health - A shared challenge for hospitals and primary health care”, a report exploring strategies and means adopted in European countries to improve health of patients and citizens through better coordination between the different levels of healthcare.

Better health

The Crisis, Hospitals and Healthcare

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

HOPE report Chronic diseases, a clinical and managerial challenge discusses the 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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