Private expenditure and the role of private health insurance in Greece: Status quo and future trends

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-474

  Siskou, Olga ^a   Kaitelidou, Daphne ^a,d   Economou, Charalampos ^b,d   Kostagiolas, Peter ^c   Liaropoulos, Lycourgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Private health expenditure in Greece; Private health insurance in Greece

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUTUROLOGY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ADULT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GREECE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 69249208523     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0164-3     Document Type: Review

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