The project’s objective is to contribute scientific evidence that will enable policy makers at EU and national level to take concerted and coordinated action to allow Europe’s citizens / patients to benefit from enhanced mobility in Europe.

An increasingly integrated Europe offers opportunities for patients to benefit from greater patient mobility:

• better access to health care in border regions / other countries (such as purchased care for UK residents in Belgium or long term residents in Spain)

• greater access to centers of excellence (with the additional benefit of concentration of European excellence)

• sharing of capacities across borders, thus more efficient use of existing capacities (with the benefit for health authorities)
  
  However, there is a need for better understanding of:
  
  

• potential challenges, such as legal, contractual, and regulatory issues, information to patients/care providers; cross border communication of professionals, quality of care, and identification of best practices.

• differences in the operation of health systems, including obstacles to better coordination

• consequences of increased patient mobility in Europe.
  
  

The research results will achieve / contribute to:

• formulation of advice on how to overcome obstacles to creating policies on patient mobility that benefit patients and health authorities – through actions at different levels (regional, national, European) employing legal, organizational and regulatory approaches.