title: Intensive care medicine in Europe.
abstract: Health care systems stem from specific political, historical, cultural,and socioeconomic traditions. As a result, the organizational arrangements for health care differ considerably between Member States of the European Union. Health care in the European Union is at a crossroads between challenges and opportunities. The Member States are facing common challenges in delivering equal, efficient, and high-quality health services at affordable cost in times when the amount of care to be delivered is starting to exceed the resource base.
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, AP-HP, Hospital St. Antoine, Faculté de Médecine, Saint-Antoine, Paris F-75012, France, and Services de Cuidados Intensivos Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. georges.offenstadt@sat.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Offenstadt
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palomar
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gullo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration