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The Synthesis Report 2025 is a key element of the European Commission’s State of Health in the EU cycle, a knowledge brokering project developed with financial support from the European Union. It highlights key cross-country findings emerging from the Country Health Profiles and places them within broader reform trends in the EU, Iceland and Norway.

Part 1 of this Synthesis Report is structured around four cross-cutting themes

• preventing non-communicable diseases
• accelerating digital health transformation
• strengthening primary care
• promoting affordable access to pharmaceuticals and innovation.  

These thematic sections reflect areas of increased reform activity reported in the Country Health Profiles 2025. The report also shows how health systems can contribute to the competitiveness of the EU.

Part 2 presents a collection of one-page summaries of the key findings from all the Country Health Profiles 2025.

This report is the result of a collaborative partnership between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the OECD, working in tandem with the European Commission. 

• SOHEU Country Health Profiles 2025

   

• Previous editions

State of Health in the EU: Synthesis Report 2023

State of Health in the EU: Companion Report 2021

State of Health in the EU: Companion Report 2019

State of Health in the EU: Companion Report 2017