Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

The Greek economic crisis has caused global concern owing to its side-effects and risks involved for both the eurozone and the global economic community. Analysis of the problem shows that the major sources of inadequacy are the severe structural weaknesses in Greek public administration, economy, and society, which lead to bureaucracy, corruption, low quality of services, and high costs. Greek health care is a typical example of a bleeding economic sector. Although the total health-care expenditure rose from 5·3% of gross domestic product in 1991 to 9·7% in 2008, Greece has actually got worse in terms of global health outcomes. Why is that? Administrative barriers affect every aspect of the Greek health-care system, with perhaps the largest insufficiencies located in primary care.2 In general, Greek primary care is highly fragmented, since there are several different public and private providers involved, with no coordination between them and no gatekeeping system.