Thematic Categories » 6. Health expenditures

6.1. Health budgets and allocations in primary and secondary health Care

Bibliographic Records

The diagnostic approach to dementia

Operating for past twelve years the first Geriatric – Gerontological Doctors in the NHS, with more than thirty thousand patients until now, we have started to record our own experience with the Greek Geriatric Patient: weaknesses in the system, unnecessary

Welfare state for the elderly in Europe

This work attempts to analyze the costs of Social Protection in the countries of the European Union and to draw conclusions on thegenerosity of “welfare states” as regards older people and youth.

Financial Incentives to Stimulate the Integration of Care

Chronic conditions are related to 60% of disability adjusted life years and account for 75% of total health care expenditure worldwide. The economic burden of chronic conditions is much larger when considering the costs of productivity loss and informal care.

Interest Groups and Health System Reform in Greece

The authors of the article depict the reasons health reforms have failed in Greece resulting in large deficits and consequently the economic crisis in the healthcare sector in Greece during the austerity years 2010-2017 and the heavy budget cuts in

Greece’s health crisis: from austerity to denialism

In a series of 3 articles from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Greek authors examine the connection between the worsening of epidemiological indicators in public health and the need for costs to increase to cope with new

Impacts of the economic crisis on access to healthcare services in Greece with a focus on the vulnerable groups of the population

In 2010, the Greek economy entered a deep, structural and multi-faceted crisis, the main futures of which are a large fiscal deficit and huge public debt. The negative effects can also be observed at the societal level, as all social