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Presentation delivered at ESMO 2012-Vienna
Transcript of Patients Rights at Turbulent Times
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Patient Rights in Turbulent Times
Kathi ApostolidisBreast Cancer & Patient Rights Advocate
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How Public Spending Cuts Impact on Frontline Cancer Care?• 90 respondents from 20 of the 27 European
member states.• 10% no impact on the quality of cancer care• 40% some impact • 35% quite an impact• 15% a huge impact
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How Public Spending Cuts Impact Access to Therapies
(regardless of speed of access)?
• 35% no impact• 36% some impact• 25% quite an impact
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How Public Spending Cuts Impact
On Surgery or Radiotherapy?• 40% quite an impact• 20% no impactOn Waiting Times to See a Specialist?• 25% some impact• 30% quite an impact
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Healthcare pictures from Greece
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• Established in 2011• Includes the 4 major social insurance funds• 9,5million insured out of a population of 10,7million• accumulated debt of funds for the years 2009-2011
reaches 3,5billion euro• Outstanding debts 2.1 to healthcare providers
including pharma
EOPYY-National Organization for the Provision of Healthcare Services
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Patients helping each other
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BIG ISSUE Shortage of medicines
Pharma stopped deliveries
Governments owe them huge debts
Patients at distressThe Victim of the Game
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Cancer Patients navigating the healthcare systemA doctor tends a helping hand…
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The Healthcare Tsunami
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What can patients do? What can their European
umbrella organizations do? What the European
Commission can do?
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Thank you for your attention
Kathi Apostolidis-Breast Cancer & Patient Rights Advocate Volunteer Sector Consultant & Health Commentator
@kgapo, #opnhealth thwww.facebook.com/kathiapostolidiswww.facebook.com/#opnhealth
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathiapostolidis
CREDITS: Art Work from Regina Holliday's Medical Advocacy Blog A place where art, medicine, social media and pop-culture collide and create a patient voice in health information technology.
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• No conflicts of Interest to declare
