... public health system. The theoretical model developed was applied in the General Panarcadian Hospital of Tripolis (GPHT) in Greece. GPHT is a representative paradigm of a big regional Greek public hospital. It has about 300 beds and many clinics and specialties (internal medicine, cardiology, general...

... management Greece Personal health Medical personnel Health and safety In the last 20 years patient safety is increasingly recognized as a key element of overall quality. However, despite its growing visibility on the policy agenda, patient safety has not yet been translated into tangible action...

..., which make this easier. Anastasius Moumtzoglou can be contacted at: anas1@hol.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Patients Safety Greece The blame culture is likely to impede healthcare professionals' learning not only from their own but also from other individuals...

... Papanikolaou can be contacted at: vpapan@hol.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Hospitals Greece Patient care Consumerism Patient satisfaction research has grown during the last decades in a fashion that every health care organization is concerned with the provision of products...

... age and lower education in some of the conditions (Table II). Health care Community relations Quality assurance Prevention costs Greece An optimal distribution of high‐quality care is a principal aim in the modern health systems development. With the advancement of information...

...Anthony D. Apostolides Assesses the health care system in Greece since 1970 through examination of its output and inputs. Concerning output, the country ranks well with regard to adult life expectancy but relatively low in infant mortality. The increasing number of citizens seeking health care...