Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

The financial crisis that engulfed much of the world from 2008 onward had a significant impact on Europe, to the point where it can be regarded as the dominant issue for most health care systems. It has affected — in some cases fundamentally — the ability to pay for current services, both public and private. Whereas in the United States (which has also had to cope with a deep recession) the focus appears to be on efforts to arrest continued growth in health care prices and total expenditure while increasing insurance coverage, some parts of Europe are looking to significantly reduce all three. This article focuses on the experiences of Greece because its catastrophic economic situation has had a similarly extreme impact on its health system.