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  "title": "Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities",
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  "summary": "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.",
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      "heading": "Overview and authorship",
      "content": "- Title: Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities\n- Authors: Niki Kalavrezou, Hui Jin\n- Publication date: July 16, 2021\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2021/189\n- Issue: 189\n- Volume: 2021\n- Pages: 39\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513588834.001\n- ISBN: 9781513588834\n- ISSN: 1018-5941"
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      "content": "- Excess spending was successfully curtailed.\n- Elements of the institutional framework were modernized.\n- Health outcomes have been relatively favorable.\n- Especially prior to Covid-19, public healthcare spending had been compressed to potentially unsustainable levels.\n- Widening inequalities and large unmet needs were observed, especially among the poor."
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      "content": "- Higher public spending is needed to improve the Greek healthcare system.\n- Advance structural healthcare reforms to improve efficiency and equity, including:\n  - Strengthening primary healthcare.\n  - Reducing out-of-pocket payments.\n  - Eliminating remaining insurance gaps."
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      "content": "- Subject: Expenditure, Health, Health care spending, Total expenditures\n- Keywords: Europe, Health care spending, health insurance, health outcome, health policy, healthcare, healthcare policy, healthcare reform, reform priority, structural reforms, Total expenditures\n\nIMF Working Papers\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/07/16/health-care-reform-in-greece-progress-and-reform-priorities-461835"
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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",
    "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",
    "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.",
    "Higher public spending is needed to improve the Greek healthcare system.",
    "Advance structural healthcare reforms to improve efficiency and equity, including:",
    "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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