Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities
IMF Working Papers, July 16, 2021
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- Authors: Niki Kalavrezou, Hui Jin
- Published: July 16, 2021
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513588834.001
Overview and authorship
- Title: Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities
- Authors: Niki Kalavrezou, Hui Jin
- Publication date: July 16, 2021
- Series: Working Paper No. 2021/189
- Issue: 189
- Volume: 2021
- Pages: 39
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513588834.001
- ISBN: 9781513588834
- ISSN: 1018-5941
Core findings
- Excess spending was successfully curtailed.
- Elements of the institutional framework were modernized.
- Health outcomes have been relatively favorable.
- Especially prior to Covid-19, public healthcare spending had been compressed to potentially unsustainable levels.
- Widening inequalities and large unmet needs were observed, especially among the poor.
Policy conclusions and reform priorities
- Higher public spending is needed to improve the Greek healthcare system.
- Advance structural healthcare reforms to improve efficiency and equity, including:
- Strengthening primary healthcare.
- Reducing out-of-pocket payments.
- Eliminating remaining insurance gaps.
Subject classification and keywords
- Subject: Expenditure, Health, Health care spending, Total expenditures
- Keywords: Europe, Health care spending, health insurance, health outcome, health policy, healthcare, healthcare policy, healthcare reform, reform priority, structural reforms, Total expenditures
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