Access to health services in CEE: what has happened after 1989?
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Before 1989, health systems in Central and Eastern Europe provided almost universal and equal access to health services to all inhabitants - the ‘old’ systems sought to provide a comprehensive system of health care for all members of society, free at the point of use, but of limited clinical and especially organisational quality. After 1989, all Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries implemented large-scale health reforms as they tried to convert the ‘socialist’ model of a health care system into a ‘modern’ one. In this paper we investigate different patterns of health care access development in the region. Existing information suggest that trends significantly diverge. The core questions for our research are as follows: What happened, what are the purposes for different developments and what could be expected in future? |
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