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Solidarity outpatient clinics in Greece: a survey of a massive social movement
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OBJECTIVE: Until 2016, around 3 million persons had limited
access to health care in Greece due to the economic crisis. We
describe a massive solidarity movement of community clinics and
pharmacies in Greece. METHOD: We conducted a survey in 2014-15
and describe the characteristics of community clinics and
pharmacies spontaneously established all over Greece after 2008.
RESULTS: A characteristic of the 92 active solidarity clinics is
autonomous collective functioning, free services, and funding
from non-governmental sources. The largest clinics examined more
than 500 uninsured or partly insured patients per month. Clinics
covered a wide range of clinical and preventive services.
Funding, availability of drugs, vaccines, medical material and
their legal status were the main problems identified. The
solidarity movement involved thousands of health professionals
covering essential population needs. CONCLUSIONS: The community
outpatient clinics were an outstanding example of solidarity and
temporarily alleviated the health needs of a large part of the
population.
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EVLAMPIDOU, Iro and KOGEVINAS, Manolis. Solidarity outpatient clinics in Greece: a survey of a massive
social movement. Gaceta Sanitaria. 2018. Vol. 33, num. 3, pags. 263-267. ISSN 0213-9111. [consulted: 8 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/133980