Health Reforms in Estonia: Acceptability, Satisfaction and Impact - Couverture souple

Põlluste, Kaja

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3838329368 ISBN 13 : 9783838329369

Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Since the early 1990s, the Estonian health sector hasbeen undergoing a number of reforms. At the sametime, a number of legislative acts have also beenestablished, forming a new legal basis for the healthsystem. The introduction of a social health insurancein 1992 was the first reform in the Estonian healthsector reorganisation, followed by a primary healthcare (PHC) reform, a hospital reform and a number ofpublic health reforms. The aim of this thesis is toanalyse these health sector reforms in Estonia,focusing on the outcomes of the health system fromthe population’s perspective. Proceeding from thisgeneral aim, the specific objectives of the thesisare as follows: 1) To analyse the PHC reform in terms of the accessto the health services and the acceptability andsatisfaction with these services. 2) To analyse the health insurance reform in terms ofthe acceptability and satisfaction with the new system. 3) To analyse the public health reforms and theirimpact on the health of the population.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kaja Põlluste, MD, PhD: Studied medicine at the University ofTartu in Estonia and public health at the Nordic School of PublicHealth in Sweden. She is a senior researcher of internal medicineat the University of Tartu. Previously she was a lecturer ofhealth care management at the same university.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3838329368
• ISBN 13: 9783838329369
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 116
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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