Transcript FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES HOPITAUX

INTERNATIONAL
HOSPITAL
FEDERATION
32nd Congress
HONG KONG
15 – 18 May 2001
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The Role of Hospitals in the
New Century
Gérard VINCENT
Director General - French Hospital Federation
Vice-President of the Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the
European Union
Member of the IHF Governing Council
www.fhf.fr
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OUTLINES
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I – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM LAST CENTURY ?
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II – WHERE ARE WE NOW ?
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III – WHAT GENERAL TRENDS CAN WE FORESEEN?
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IV – WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HOSPITALS ?
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I – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM LAST
CENTURY ?
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From a place poor in technology and in
efficiency…and for the poor...
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… to an efficient high tech organisation for
all,
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Hospitals of the XXth century were a key
added value for life expectancy...
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in a context of growing inequalities between
and within countries
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II – WHERE ARE WE NOW ?
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In wealthy countries health care tends to be the
first sector of the economy
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In emerging countries health care and hospitals
are developing, but with remaining inequalities
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For the less advanced countries lack of funds is
the rule but health care is the choice to make
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Health care expenses : % of GDP
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III – WHAT GENERAL TRENDS CAN
WE FORESEEN
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Health care and hospitals will have to meet
new needs (an age ing population for
example)
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New requirements coming from the patients :
– more information,
– lobbying of patient associations,
– patient empowerment.
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III – WHAT GENERAL TRENDS CAN
WE FORESEEN
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Medical progress : molecular biology,
genetics...
Technical innovations, information
technologies...
Organisational change : more decision
making at the regional and local level;
networks
In a world still unequal but hopefully with a
more efficient international aid
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IV – WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
HOSPITALS ?
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Hospitals will not be bureaucratic institutions
any longer, but management focused
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A well balanced public private mix will
provide a fruitful emulation
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Hospitals will not do everything
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Hospital as a real part of a global health
system
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IV – WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
HOSPITALS ?
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Still an indispensable place for professional
training
What about research ?
Hospitals will remain a key social actor
But they will cost more and more
And finally their economic importance will,
without any doubt, increase
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