The Italian passive patient mobility is among the highest in the EU. This is a sign of a remarkable trend by which Italian patients undertake the so called "health journeys", mainly due to the obvious desire of each patient to look for the best and cheapest health care provided as early as...

This paper discusses whether European institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (UHC), inequalities and tackling the effects of austerity measures. The paper argues through...