Health and social care in aging population: an integrated care institution for the elderly in Greece.

Purpose: To describe the nature of the services actually offered to the elderly in Greece by an institution of integrated care, as opposed to those that should be offered according to the relevant law, and to investigate the factors influencing the supply of those services.

Background: By the year 2020 about 20 million people will be aged 80 and over in the European Union. People of third age consist 16.

Factors influencing dental utilisation in Greece.

Objective: To identify factors that influence utilisation of dental services in Greece.

Methods And Materials: Data was obtained through the "WHO Multi-Country Survey Study on Health and Responsiveness", a survey organised by the WHO and locally executed by the National School of Public Health. A national random sample of 5,000 prospective participants was selected through the national phone directory.

Using DEA to evaluate efficiency and formulate policy within a Greek national primary health care network. Data Envelopment Analysis.

The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the relative efficiency of primary health care centers of the principal Greek public insurance provider, the Social Security Institute (IKA). The source of the efficiency data was the Statistical Unit of IKA. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, we analyzed data from 133 centers nationwide.