The impact of the financial crisis on human resources for health policies in three southern-Europe countries

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1600-1605

  Correia, Tiago ^a   Dussault, Gilles ^b   Pontes, Carla ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Austerity measures; Economic crisis; Health workforce; Healthcare systems; Southern European countries; Troika

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL EUROPEAN; COST CONTROL; CYPRUS; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPEAN; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84983134670     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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