Introduction or preface

The welfare systems have been consolidated in the second half of the last century. The transition of post modernity society has incresed the signs of the crisis and pushed for their redefinition. The current changes depend on globalitation, but also by increased local autonomy. This article has tried to take stock of the international dibate on the welfare and health sistems classification. In the second part, this article evidence the differences between regionals welfare system and propose a new classification. The regionals health systems are different from each other, and have characteristics unrelated to the regional welfare systems.