Greece
Cancer Centers
Healthcare System
Greece's healthcare system is a combination of public and private providers. The public sector provides universal coverage for citizens, legal residents, and visitors, while the private sector is largely for-profit and serves as a complement to the public system. The system provides a range of benefits, including preventive care, primary care, specialist care, hospitalization, prescription drugs, and mental health services. Patients also have the option to choose their own doctor or healthcare facility.
The National Organization for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY) manages the public healthcare system in Greece, with regional managers overseeing healthcare delivery in each of the country's administrative regions. However, the Ministry of Health oversees regulation at every level of the system, as regions currently lack resources to coordinate healthcare.
Greece is improving access and efficiency in healthcare by developing an integrated primary care system with a gatekeeping role, which will eventually require residents to see a GP first before accessing specialist services.
Administrative or Claims Data
Database: ELSTAT Discharge Data
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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
Primary purpose: Provide information about patient discharges.
Type of information: Unknown.
Available type of information: Discharged patients filtered by disease category, place of residence, gender, average days of hospitalization and hospitalization outcome.
Source of Information: Annual census collecting data from public and private hospitals.
Data level: Unknown.
Available data level: Regional and national level.
Number of Records: All discharged patients. 1,484,485 patients for 2015.
Date Range: 1996 to 2015.
Cancer Areas of Interest: All.
Open data access: Data is partially publicly available. Available data can be accessed here. Information on how to access data can be found here.
Information/Contact for data request: Contact information can be found here.
Registries
Database: ELSTAT Cause of Death
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
Primary purpose: Provide cause of death information.
Type of information: Unknown.
Available type of information: Cause of death filtered by sex and age.
Source of Information: Administrative records (Death Certificates) provided by the Registries throughout the country and forensic reports in cases of violent or sudden deaths.
Data level: Municipal level.
Available data level: National level.
Number of Records: Unknown.
Date Range: 1956 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: All.
Open data access: Data is partially publicly available. Available information can be found here. Information on how to access data can be found here.
Information/Contact for data request: COntact information can be found here.
