In the two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, former communist countries in Europe
have pursued wide-ranging changes to their health systems. We describe three key aspects …

Abstract Background The European Region, certified polio-free in 2002, remains at risk of
wild poliovirus reintroduction and emergence of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses …

Porast nejednakosti i siromaštva sastavni su dio tranzicijskih promjena: demokratizacija,
liberalizacija i privatizacija nužno su tijekom 1990-ih vodile porastu nejednakosti (u …

Abstract Throughout the Global South, diverse non-state actors have historically played
critical roles in enabling populations to meet their basic needs, whether by providing or …

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a
detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or …

In May, 2004, the border of the European Union (EU) will shift eastward such that the new
frontier will be made up by Ukraine, Belarus, and a considerably longer Russian border …

Ukraine's history has given it a split personality (eg divergent cultural influences on
economic and managerial behavior), as was observed in the recent political developments …

Maternity care in Ukraine is a government priority. However, it has not undergone
substantial changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Similar to the entire health care …

Using individual-level data from the 2008 European Social Survey and country-level health
care financing data we analyze the influence of private financing of health care on political …

The study analyses technical efficiency and efficiency change of 193 community hospitals
and polyclinics across Ukraine, for the years 1997–2001. These facilities are a subset of the …