Background A comprehensive and context-specific approach to monitoring financial
protection can provide valuable evidence on progress towards universal health coverage …

Fiscal austerity policies have been used as responses to economic crises and fiscal deficits
in both developed and developing countries. While they vary in regard to their content …

Background Although many studies have analyzed health insurance worldwide, most focus
on whole populations rather than specific vulnerable groups. There is a lack of studies that …

Introduction: Informal patient payments for healthcare are common in the Western Balkans,
negatively affecting public health and healthcare. Aim: To identify literature from the Western …

In the field of healthcare innovation, Greece ranks 26th in FREOPP's World Index of
Healthcare Innovation (WIHI) 2021 analysis. Such a standing illustrates low performance in …

The quality of local institutions and the governmental measures sustaining Foreign Direct
Investments (FDI) are some of the traditional determinants of multinational agglomerations …

Background Harsh funding cutbacks along with measures shifting cost to patients have been
implemented in the Greek health system in recent years. Our objective was to investigate the …

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether private healthcare entrepreneurship can
flourish and overcome obstacles in cases of a free-access public health system and periods …

Equity in healthcare is an important policy objective of the Canadian healthcare system. Out-
of-pocket payments for healthcare (OPPH) by Canadian households account for a …

The measures implemented to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) adversely
affected both the Greek health system and the Greek population. This study aimed to …