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G Tsalikis

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PubMed1993

Public and private imperatives of Greek health policies.

Health care in Greece has historically developed into a multi-tier system, a mosaic of public and private providers of services covering the members of occupational social insurance organizations. In 1983 PASOK's socialist government established a unified National Health System. The aim was to arrest the growth of the private sector and promote the public sector to a dominant position. The socialist legislation has recently been reviewed by a conservative government that aims at a competitive mixed market of public and private providers. The growth of private health care, however, is not solely a matter of political support but also of new opportunities for profitable investments that arise from a shrinking public sector under economic and fiscal constraints.

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PubMed1988

Evaluation of the socialist health policy in Greece.

Following seven years of military rule and seven years of "democratic restoration" under the Right, Greece is now sailing under the flag of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). The Movement was inspired by the ideals of participatory democracy and socialization of the economy and of social services. A central part of socialist planning brought about the National Health System Act (1983) and related legislation intended to universalize health care, remove disparities, and restrict the private sector. It is argued here that the implementation of PASOK's statutory reforms in this field, as in others, will be subject to its ability to transform traditional patterns of production and consumption. As is now increasingly understood, it is hard to plan for socialism on the basis of wants provisions and patterns of consumption established under capitalism.

Greece↗
PubMed1987

Policy reform and health administration education in Greece.

Under a Socialist Government since 1981, Greece has had dramatic policy reforms that aim to socialize the health sector. The National Health System Act (1983) and related legislation have seriously affected most aspects of health care in favor of the public sector. However, the traditional consumption patterns developed in the private sector continue to exist, and many aspects of medical technology have remained almost untouched. From these reforms and their shortcomings, the need for extensive administrative reforms and health administration education has emerged. A task force on the latter has led to the establishment of a graduate program to be supplemented with continuing education for all health care employees. This article points out the importance of such training programs for Greece.

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The political economy of decentralization of health and social services in Canada.

A trend to decentralization in Canada's 'welfare state' has received support from the Left and from the Right. Some social critics of the Left expect decentralization to result in holistic services adjusted to local needs. Others, moreover, feel we are in the dawn of a new epoch in which major economic transformations are to bring about, through new class alliances and conflict, decentralization of power and a better quality of life in communities. These assumptions and their theoretical pitfalls are discussed here following an historical overview of the centralization/decentralization issue in Canadian social policy. It is argued that recent proposals of decentralization are a continuation of reactionary tendencies to constrain social expenditures, but not a path to better quality of life.

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