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On this page you will find Stockholm Network publications relating to the CEE Ahead project. Publications can be downloaded below. If you have any problems with downloading the publications, please email Paul Healy.

 

Weathering the Storm: Central and Eastern European Healthcare in Financial Crisis
by Paul Healy, Dr Meir Pugatch and Helen Disney (published 2010)

This CEE Ahead publication assesses the future for Central and Eastern European (CEE) healthcare reform in light of a financial crisis that has exposed the fragility of public budgets. The financial crisis is raining down on the public purses of CEE countries and governments are struggling to provide adequate protection for their citizens. The paper argues that if CEE countries are to weather this storm, there is now a need to consider new ways of providing healthcare:

  • By encouraging open competition in healthcare;
  • By allowing greater use of public-private partnerships; and
  • By fostering more varied sources of healthcare funding;

Ultimately, the paper argues that the CEE region now has an opportunity for healthcare reforms to develop and the financial crisis, however unwelcome, provides an incentive to begin. Whilst the problem will undoubtedly be finding the political will, it should not be overlooked that reform presents the best chance for establishing health systems that are fit to help and cure citizens in the difficult years to come.

 

Health Care Reform in Central and Eastern Europe: Setting the Stage for Discussion
by Stockholm Network Research Team (published 2008)

This paper is the first part of a publication series under the banner of our initiative "CEE Ahead: A vision for sustainable healthcare". CEE Ahead aims to put forward a new vision for healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

The paper examines the transformation and reforms of Central and Eastern European (CEE) healthcare systems following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Taking the examples of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania it sketches the major success stories but also examines the missed opportunities and major backlashes against these reforms.