Health Systems and the Influence of Political Ideologies

This article tries to underlay the connection between political ideologies and the health system organization and functioning. There is no ideal pattern and most of the European healthcare systems combine several approaches in their organization and functioning. Although clear evidences cannot be always produced, the conclusion is that the political and ideological factor has its influence over the decision to implement one policy or another. Healthcare systems organization, besides the common principle that is based on certain models, are influenced by ideologies and politics too. One good argument would be the one that in countries with similar geographic location, population or historical tradition, there are differences in healthcare systems organizing and functioning. Within the EU, although we can classify the health systems in accordance with certain factors, and find several similarities, we shall not find two identical systems. All of them have been modeled and influenced by the political parties governing these countries. Key words: Political ideologies, models in health system organisation and functionin