Challenges to Healthcare Reform in Crisis-Hit Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5015755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Petmesidou (0000-0002-0075-8431, Democritus University of Thrace, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 31 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | e-cadernos CES (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1647-0737 • E-ISSN: 1647-0737 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/eces.4127 |
| OpenAlex | W2995260120 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper critically examines the health reform trajectory in Greece in the last decade. The first part provides an overview of the Greek healthcare system shortly before the crisis, with an emphasis on the incomplete development of a national health system beset by inequalities in coverage and funding. At the backdrop of the crippling debt-crisis that engulfed the country in the late 2000s, the second part of the study tracks the major healthcare reforms under the successive bailout packages. These are examined from the point of view of whether they can secure the public system’s long-term viability and promote equity, or if they contribute to its withering away instead. The third part of the article looks at the impact of the austerity-driven reforms on inequalities in healthcare, highlighting some major findings regarding health outcomes
Austerity · Bailout · Debt · Debt crisis · Economic growth · Economics · Financial crisis · Health care · Healthcare system · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Public healthcare · Turning point · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance
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The Crisis Imperative, Reform Dynamics and Rescaling in Greece and Portugal
Southern‐style’ National Health Services? Recent Reforms and Trends in Spain and Greece
South European Healthcare Systems under Harsh Austerity
The New Politics of the Welfare State
Path Dependency, or Why History Makes It Difficult but Not Impossible to Reform Health Care Systems in a Big Way
Financial protection of households against health shocks in Greece during the economic crisis
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |