European Union Cross Border Care Collaboration

The EU cross-border care project was funded by the European Commission; it launched in 2010. The aim of the project was to facilitate a process whereby a patient in one Member State can make an informed choice about whether to seek health care in another Member State. And, if they chose to do so, to ensure that the administrative and clinical process of obtaining care is as straightforward as possible and that if only one phase of an extensive episode of care takes place abroad, they can be assured that the patient’s care will be continued upon their return to their Member State.

The project was a collaboration between 13 partner institutions across 11 EU Member States.

ECAB concluded in 2013.