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to improve European healthcare systems by reducing losses to fraud and corruption.
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Stamp out fraud for everyone's benefit
56 billion Euros are lost every year to healthcare fraud alone and more is probably lost to corruption. Across Europe this represents a loss of at least 150 million Euros per DAY.
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Fraud and corruption in the healthcare sector
Annual healthcare spending across the 27 countries of the European Union totals approximately one trillion Euros.
Recent figures estimate that at least €150 million are lost every day to healthcare fraud and corruption in the European Union.
Fraud and corruption activities can take place in any healthcare systems, whether they are predominantly public or private, well funded or poorly funded, and in any area of healthcare delivery. Read more