Abstract:

The paper deals with impacts of trends of globalization in the health care markets and it defines its possible further development in the world economy. Globalization is not a new phenomenon but in its every phase we can find its new aspects and impacts to the economy and also to the social sphere. The aim of this paper is to define current trends of globalization and specifics of situation in the health care markets and to discuss development of tendencies of globalization in these markets. The paper shows on the situation in the selected European countries. In the context of the dynamic changes in economic and social sphere, development of markets and constantly the inflected term “globalization” we can see many new trends in the health care markets,  health systems and health public policies. The relationship between globalization and health systems is a complex one, where both positive and negative influences are reported.