Case 2009-170
Country: BelgiumYear: 2009
Court: Constitutional Court [Court Constiutionelle]
Citation: No. 4607. C. C., n°2009-170, 29 October 2009
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Health systems and financing, Hospitals
Human Rights: Freedom from discrimination
Facts:
Tags: Access to health care, Emergency care, Examination, Health insurance, Health regulation, Out-of-pocket expenditures, Private hospitals, Public hospitals, Social security, Testing Health facilitiesThe applicants were two, non-authorized physicians registered with the Saint-Vincent-Sainte-Elisabeth Hospital Center. Non-authorized physicians, unlike authorized physicians, work in private settings and do not fall within the public national healthcare system. The applicants challenged the constitutionality of Article 46 of a 2006 law passed on health provisions, in that it treated authorized and non-authorized doctors …Read more