2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.10.017
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Health policy in the Baltic countries since the beginning of the 1990s

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“…In southern Europe a more liberal model (Ibid) is used, with more responsibility being placed on the individual. However, for the new member states from Eastern EU no such clear welfare state model can be identified; these countries are in transition from a model from the Soviet Union to a model adjusted to Western healthcare and social services (Bankauskaite and O'Connor 2008). Different policies among EU member states, due for example to socio-demographic and economic situations, may lead to unequal opportunities for European citizens to achieve and/or maintain health.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In southern Europe a more liberal model (Ibid) is used, with more responsibility being placed on the individual. However, for the new member states from Eastern EU no such clear welfare state model can be identified; these countries are in transition from a model from the Soviet Union to a model adjusted to Western healthcare and social services (Bankauskaite and O'Connor 2008). Different policies among EU member states, due for example to socio-demographic and economic situations, may lead to unequal opportunities for European citizens to achieve and/or maintain health.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In particular, differences in the pace of political reforms and in economic trends have certainly played a role in giving an advantage to Estonia, where reforms started earlier and were implemented more quickly than in other two countries (Hellman 1998;Bankauskaite and O'Connor 2008). But we showed here that at least some specific health measures had a major impact.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…3.2.1.1 Primary Health Care In all three countries, substantial efforts were made to clearly distinguish primary and specialised health care levels by creating effective networks of family medical practices. However, whilst all three countries succeeded in introducing modern family medicine programmes into medical schools as early as the early 1990s (Bankauskaite and O'Connor 2008), notable differences can be seen across the three countries in terms of implementing networks of GPs. In Estonia, the GP-based primary care system was fully launched in 1998 (Koppel et al 2008).…”
Section: Different Approaches To (And Speeds Of) Health Care Reformmentioning
confidence: 99%
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