ReviewInternational journal for equity in health2016
Health inequalities after austerity in Greece.
Review in International journal for equity in health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities: an umbrella review.Primary health care research & development · 2025Pooled it
- Ethical Considerations in Health Technology Assessment for Precision Medicine: A Delphi Study in a Greek Setting.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Barriers in Access to Healthcare Services in Greece Post-COVID-19: Persisting Challenges for Health Policy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health Needs and Access to Healthcare Services in Migrant Populations in Greece: Data From the Hprolipsis Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Utilization of Health Care Services and Accessibility Challenges among Adults Aged 50+ before and after Austerity Measures across 27 European Countries: Secular Trends in the SHARE Study from 2004/05 to 2019/20.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The mental health care system for children and adolescents in Greece: a review and structure assessment.Frontiers in health services · 2024Review
- Out- Of- Pocket health expenditure and household consumption patterns in Benin: Is there a crowding out effect?Health economics review · 2023Article
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- Quality-adjusted life years in macular oedema due to age-related macular degeneration, diabetes and central retinal vein occlusion: the impact of anti-VEGF agents in a tertiary centre in Greece.International ophthalmology · 2022Article
- The effectiveness of primary health care reforms in Greece towards achieving universal health coverage: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- The Unmet Healthcare Needs: Evidence from Serbia.Iranian journal of public health · 2020Article
- Impact of the economic crisis on household health expenditure in Greece: an interrupted time series analysis.BMJ open · 2020Article
- HIV/AIDS length of stay in Portugal under financial constraints: a longitudinal study for public hospitals, 2009-2014.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- The Effects of Unemployment and Economic Distress on Depression Symptoms.Materia socio-medica · 2018Article
- The effects of neoliberal policies on access to healthcare for people with disabilities.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- Potential barriers in healthcare access of the elderly population influenced by the economic crisis and the troika agreement: a qualitative case study in Lisbon, Portugal.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- Austerity and health: the impact in the UK and Europe.European journal of public health · 2017Review
- Medium-term impact of the economic crisis on mortality, health-related behaviours and access to healthcare in Greece.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Access to health for refugees in Greece: lessons in inequalities.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
- Looking beyond the veil of the European crisis--the need to uncover the structural causes of health inequalities.International journal for equity in health · 2016Article
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Abstract
Since the beginning of economic crisis, Greece has been experiencing unprecedented levels of unemployment and profound cuts to public budgets. Health and welfare sectors were subject to severe austerity measures, which have endangered provision of as well as access to services, potentially widening health inequality gap. European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data show that the proportion of individuals on low incomes reporting unmet medical need due to cost doubled from 7 % in 2008 to 13.9 % in 2013, while the relative gap in access to care between the richest and poorest population groups increased almost ten-fold. In addition, austerity cuts have affected other vulnerable groups, such as undocumented migrants and injecting drug users. Steps have been taken in attempt to mitigate the impact of the austerity, however addressing the growing health inequality gap will require persistent effort of the country's leadership for years to come.
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