Health Care Reform in Greece : Progress and Reform Priorities /

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19, public...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Kalavrezou, Niki
مؤلفون آخرون: Jin, Hui
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/189
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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