• xmlui.mirage2.page-structure.header.title
    • français
    • English
  • Help
  • Login
  • Language 
    • Français
    • English
View Item 
  •   BIRD Home
  • LEDa (UMR CNRS 8007, UMR IRD 260)
  • LEDa : Publications
  • View Item
  •   BIRD Home
  • LEDa (UMR CNRS 8007, UMR IRD 260)
  • LEDa : Publications
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Browse

BIRDResearch centres & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesTypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesType

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors
Thumbnail - Request a copy

Strengthening weak primary care systems: Steps towards stronger primary care in selected Western and Eastern European countries

Groenewegen, Peter P.; Dourgnon, Paul; Gress, Stefan; Jurgutis, Arnoldas; Willems, Sara (2013), Strengthening weak primary care systems: Steps towards stronger primary care in selected Western and Eastern European countries, Health Policy, 113, 1-2, p. 170-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.024

Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2013
Journal name
Health Policy
Volume
113
Number
1-2
Publisher
Elsevier
Pages
170-179
Publication identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.024
Metadata
Show full item record
Author(s)
Groenewegen, Peter P.
Dourgnon, Paul
Gress, Stefan
Jurgutis, Arnoldas
Willems, Sara
Abstract (EN)
European health care systems are facing diverse challenges. In health policy, strong primary care is seen as key to deal with these challenges. European countries differ in how strong their primary care systems are. Two groups of traditionally weak primary care systems are distinguished. First a number of social health insurance systems in Western Europe. In these systems we identified policies to strengthen primary care by small steps, characterized by weak incentives and a voluntary basis for primary care providers and patients. Secondly, transitional countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) that transformed their state-run, polyclinic based systems to general practice based systems to a varying extent. In this policy review article we describe the policies to strengthen primary care. For Western Europe, Germany, Belgium and France are described. The CCEE transformed their systems in a completely different context and urgency of problems. For this group, we describe the situation in Estonia and Lithuania, as former states of the Soviet Union that are now members of the EU, and Belarus which is not. We discuss the usefulness of voluntary approaches in the context of acceptability of such policies and in the context of (absence of) European policies.
Subjects / Keywords
Primary care; International comparison; Health policy
JEL
I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

Related items

Showing items related by title and author.

  • Thumbnail
    Comparative appraisal of educational inequalities in overweight and obesity among adults in 19 European countries 
    Roskam, Albert-Jan R.; Kunst, Anton E.; Van Oyen, Herman; Demarest, Stefaan; Klumbiene, Jurate; Regidor, Enrique; Helmert, Uwe; Jusot, Florence; Dzurova, Dagmar (2010) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
  • Thumbnail
    Gatekeeping and equity in access to specialist care. An analysis of the 2006 French "preferred doctor" reform based on self assessed unmet needs 
    Dourgnon, Paul (2013) Document de travail / Working paper
  • Thumbnail
    Evaluation des politiques publiques et inégalités sociales d'accès aux services de santé 
    Dourgnon, Paul (2013-06) Thèse
  • Thumbnail
    Weak-Strong uniqueness for compressible Navier-Stokes system with degenerate viscosity coefficient and vacuum in one dimension 
    Haspot, Boris (2017) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
  • Thumbnail
    Towards an Understanding of the Phases of Goodwill Accounting in Four Western Capitalist Countries: From Stakeholder Model to Shareholder Model 
    Stolowy, Hervé; Richard, Jacques; Ding, Yuan (2008-01) Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Dauphine PSL Bibliothèque logo
Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 Paris Cedex 16
Phone: 01 44 05 40 94
Contact
Dauphine PSL logoEQUIS logoCreative Commons logo