Health inequalities after austerity in Greece

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Karanikolos, Marina ^a   Kentikelenis, Alexander ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to care; Austerity; Economic crisis; Greece; Inequality; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIVING STANDARD; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC SPENDING; SERVICE PROVISION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEAR; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GREECE;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84975801397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0374-0     Document Type: Review

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