Memo: Q&A: Patients’ Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare

In March 2011 the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (Directive 2011/24/EU). The deadline for the Member States to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive was 25 October 2013.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare http://www.europeansources.info/record/directive-2011-24-eu-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-of-9-march-2011-on-the-application-of-patients-rights-in-cross-border-healthcare/

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