Cost consolidation in the highly fragmented and inefficient Greek health care system was necessary. However, policies introduced were partly formed in a context of insufficient information. Expenditure data from a consumption point of view were lacking and the depth of the political and...

Private health expenditure for consuming maternity health services has been identified as an issue within public hospitals.

Informal payments are an ingrained social institution in Greece. In some cases, they are also part of corruption in the health area, which includes a variety of other forms.Objective The objective of this paper is to measure and analyze the size and nature of informal payments in the Greek...

Greece today has the most "privatized" health care system among EU countries. Given the country's universal coverage by a public system this may be called "the Greek paradox". The Objective of this paper is to analyze private health payments by provider and type of service in order to bring to...