The impact of the financial crisis and austerity policies on the service quality of public hospitals in Greece

After eight years of recession, Greece had experienced a loss of about 26 percent of GDP. In this era of economic crisis, Greek governments have applied a reform program in the National Healthcare System (NHS), as an obligatory condition for the rescue loans agreed upon with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The most important reform in the NHS carried out between 2010 and the present day involved the merging of the four largest social security institutions that covered salaried employees of the private sector, farmers, the self-employed, and civil servants, under the National Organization for the Provision of Healthcare Services (EOPYY).

Source: Health Policy - December 23, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Ioanna Keramidou, Loukas Triantafyllopoulos Source Type: research