Major health care issues in Europe, 2015
Question: What in your opinion are the major health care issues in Europe?
Top 10 answers summarised (from 267 answers) as the major themes in order of popularity:
- Ageing and Age-related diseases (typically, but not exclusively, age-related)
- Ageing - Example answers: Ageing population; Elderly healthcare; Geriatrics
- Neurodegenerative - Example answers: Dementias, accounted for 10% of all answers
- Cardiovascular
- Autoimmune - Example answers: Arthritis and degenerative musculoskeletal disorders
- Cancer
- Example answers: Cancer screening; Inefficient cancer treatments (unselective/high level of side effects); Women's Health (including cancer); Cancer (esp. breast, lung, intestinal, cervical, liver)
- Antibiotic resistance/Infectious disease
- Example answers: Globalization of infections; Hepatitis; HIV; Careless use of antibiotics and subsequent antibiotic resistance built up
- Obesity
- Example answers: Obesity and co-morbidities; Adiposity
- Costs
- Example answers: Cost containment in the context of ageing and new technologies; Funding of medical care; Lack of funding for research; Reimbursement for new therapies; Rigidity of health insurances; Cost of treatments; Pricing of Health Technologies per outcomes
- Mental health (Psychiatric disorders)
- Example answers: Depression; Addictions
- Metabolic disorders (primarily diabetes)
- Example answers: Type 2 diabetes
- Fair access to treatment
- Example answers: The quality of the healthcare you receive is far too connected to the where in Europe you live; Access to / definition of optimal care
- Migration
- Example answers: Migration and ethnic differences; Inbound and outbound migration
- Respiratory disease
