South European Healthcare Systems under Harsh Austerity: A Progress-Regression Mix?

This article addresses the question of whether the economic crisis provides a politically opportune time to drastically curtail public healthcare in South Europe or whether, instead, there are signs of longer-term reform strategies for potentially balancing fiscal targets with the quest for enhanced...

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Europe
Greece
Health care
Health Care Services
Health economics
Health Outcomes
Healthcare
Italy
NHS
Portugal
Profiles
Public health
Recalibration
Reform
Regression analysis
Retrenchment
South European Welfare States
Spain
Value (Economics)
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