The European Commission has published a study focusing on the main obstacles faced by health providers and professionals who want to settle in another member country of the European Union or offer cross-border services in a member state other than their own. The study encompasses primary care physicians, physiotherapists, medical laboratories and hospitals under the term of healthcare providers.
The study concludes that the requirements that only apply to cross-border providers relate mainly to requirements related to individual medical professionals such as:
The requirements related to the workplace and the coverage of public funding are usually applied equally to all providers. For example, legislation on the creation of subsidiary hospitals barely distinguishes between national and cross-border providers.
Cross-border healthcare providers may face obstacles, partly due to the additional increase in the requirements, when they want to offer cross-border services. The three main obstacles identified are:
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