The European Commission and the OECD have issued a warning: if political decision-makers do not reorientate their spending on health now, they will be in danger of having to confront high costs over the next few years. This is the message from the two institutions in their joint report published on 23 November.
The paper, “Health at a Glance: Europe 2016” provides the most recent trends on health and health systems in the 28 member states of the EU, 5 candidate countries and the 3...