Western Europe - mainly France, the Netherlands and Germany - scores best in providing high quality, patient-friendly health services according to report by the Health Consumer Powerhouse, a Stockholm-based think-tank pressing for better healthcare.
But the Irish health care service lies at the bottom of the table, followed only by Lithuania.
While most new EU member states are trying catch up with western European standards, Slovenia, Estonia, Hungary and Poland get the highest r...
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