Bilateral Comparisons: framework

This chapter presents the composition process of the Bilateral Comparisons in the health care sector of the participating countries and the general framework which puts the participant’s health care sector in an economic context. In this next chapters (chapter 10 through 13) the Bilateral Comparisons on Intramural health care, Extramural health care, Preventive health care and Medical goods will be presented. In chapter 14, the attempted construction of Bilateral Packages on Research & Development and Education & Training is presented. The description of the construction of the Common Comparable Package (CCP) is presented in chapters 16 through 20.