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"In the system of values of the consumer society, health has become a fundamental determinant of quality of life, and it has evolved into a major factor in economic and social policy. Direct and indirect expenditures on medical treatment account for an ever-increasing share of the budgets of the Member States of the European Union. However, the positive effects of this are not experienced by everyone to the same degree. In the case of poor and disadvantaged groups, excluded on several counts, who make up the bottom third of society, we cannot say that there has been any significant change for the better either in terms of quality of health care provision, or in terms of their well-being, state of health, or life expectancy.
The report drawn up by my fellow Member, Mrs Svensson, clearly articulates the need for greater equity in health care provision. The objective is to provide the same quality of health care and ensure equal access to health services for women and men. A particularly strong point of this report is that it calls for the creation of the conditions for equal access to health care and equality of opportunities for pregnant women, women living with chronic illness or disability, older women and those belonging to other disadvantaged groups, for example Roma women.
Due to a lack of statistical data, we have no figures on the relationships between the Roma population as a whole or Roma women in particular and the various types of institutions that make up the health services. Few surveys have investigated the degree of prejudice manifested by health service employees in the way they deal with Roma people. Neither do we know what prejudices or fears are harboured by Roma people with regard to the health service and its employees. From reports by human rights NGOs and anthropological descriptions, however, the clear picture that emerges is that Roma women living within the European Union get poorer-quality health care, as they are affected by a number of unfavourable factors and are subject to discrimination. In Hungary today, for example, the life expectancy of a Roma woman is 62.5 years, while that of non-Roma women is 75 years. We need to have a great deal more discussion on the decisive factors involved in curtailing the lives of fellow women who are Roma by 13 years."@en1
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