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Contents
List of abbreviations
List of tables and figures
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
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Part I 1
Chapter 1 3
The impact of the crisis on the health system and health in Belgium
Irina Cleemput, Joeri Guillaume, Carine Van de Voorde and Anna Maresso
Introduction 3
1. The nature and magnitude of the financial and economic crisis 4
2. Health system pressures prior to the crisis 7
3. Health system responses to the crisis 9
4. Implications for health system performance and health 24
5. Discussion 34
6. Conclusions 40
References 41
Chapter 2 47
The impact of the crisis on the health system and health in Estonia
Triin Habicht and Tamás Evetovits
Introduction 47
1. The nature and magnitude of the financial and economic crisis 47
2. Health system pressures prior to the crisis 50
3. Health system responses to the crisis 50
4. Implications for health system performance and health 63
5. Discussion 68
6. Conclusions 70
Appendix 2.1 71
Acknowledgements 72
References 72
Chapter 3 75
The impact of the crisis on the health system and health in France
Matthias Brunn, Karen Berg Brigham, Karine Chevreul and Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
Introduction 75
1. The nature and magnitude of the financial and economic crisis 75
2. Health system pressures prior to the crisis 78
3. Health system responses to the crisis 81
4. Implications for health system performance and health 87
5. Discussion 92