Policy cooperation and interface issues

To successfully meet new challenges, policy-makers may have to bridge between different stakeholders, countries, segments, products and types of health care. Issues regarding policy cooperation and interface management in this field may be related to bridging out-patient and in-patient sectors, medicines and medical devices (treatment packages), pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, international cooperation initiatives (e.g. joint procurement), international databases (e.g. price/utilization databases) and international comparisons and benchmarking (e.g. cross-country price/utilization comparisons).

To successfully meet new challenges, policy-makers may have to bridge between different stakeholders, countries, segments, products and types of health care. Issues regarding policy cooperation and interface management in this field may be related to bridging out-patient and in-patient sectors, medicines and medical devices (treatment packages), pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, international cooperation initiatives (e.g. joint procurement), international databases (e.g. price/utilization databases) and international comparisons and benchmarking (e.g. cross-country price/utilization comparisons).