Greece
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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.
Despite efforts to create a Hellenic cancer registry, Greece to this date has no cancer registry in which cancer incidence information can be found.
Administrative or Claims Data
Registries
Database: ELSTAT Cause of Death
Database: ELSTAT Annual Cancer Survey Statistics
Database: Nationwide Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies and Solid Tumors (NARECHEM-ST)
Latest Policymaking Initiatives
Report: EU Country Cancer Profile 2023
Sponsor, manager or home institution: OECD and European Commission.
Primary purpose: To provide reliable data on cancer prevention and care, identifying trends, disparities, and inequalities among EU Member States and regions to guide interventions under Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.
Type of information: National cancer burden; Cancer incidence and mortality; Risk factors for cancer; Early detection programs (screenings); Cancer care performance, The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care.
Data level: National level.
Access to information: Access Information [1].
Resource: ESMO Patient Guides
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
Primary purpose: Provide patients, their relatives and caregivers guides to better understand complex medical information about different types of cancer.
Available guides: Cancer Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic; Cancer Pain Management; Immunotherapy Side Effects; Survivorship; Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer; Biliary Tract Cancer; Bone Sarcoma; Colorectal Cancer; Endometrial Cancer; Glioma; Head and Neck Cancer; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Multiple Myeloma; Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer; Testicular Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer; Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
Type of information: Laymen-directed descriptions of specific cancers, their causes, diagnoses, treatment, screening, and side effects, among other relevant information for patients, their relatives and caregivers.
Access to information: Patient Guides [2].
