Since the establishment of the Greek National Health System (ESY), many efforts have been made to implement a decentralized system of organization and administration of the health services in Greece. The implementation o...
The use of public-private hospital partnerships (PPPs) shows a tendency to become an international phenomenon. Recently, PPPs have been adopted in Greece also, where they are already in the stage of design. In this study...
It has been shown that emotional stimuli can be translated into structural changes of the cardiovascular system. This myocardial and vascular remodeling is of great importance for the increased cardiovascular morbidity u...
Professional burnout in health professionals can be described as a syndrome of physical and psychological exhaustion. In this context the health worker loses interest in the patients, ceases to derive any satisfaction fr...
Transient ischemic attacks cannot be ascribed with confidence to the anterior circulation unless cortical symptoms are described. In the absence of cortical symptoms and in cases of carotid stenosis, carotid endarterecto...
The regional organization of the National Health System (ESY) in Greece – A brief overview of the legislative interventions to date
Since the establishment of the Greek National Health System (ESY), many efforts have been made to implement a decentralized system of organization and administration of the health services in Greece. The implementation o...
Public-private hospital partnerships: Ideological preference or evidence based choice in health policy?
The use of public-private hospital partnerships (PPPs) shows a tendency to become an international phenomenon. Recently, PPPs have been adopted in Greece also, where they are already in the stage of design. In this study...
From psychosocial stress to vascular remodeling and atherosclerosis
It has been shown that emotional stimuli can be translated into structural changes of the cardiovascular system. This myocardial and vascular remodeling is of great importance for the increased cardiovascular morbidity u...
Professional burnout in health professionals
Professional burnout in health professionals can be described as a syndrome of physical and psychological exhaustion. In this context the health worker loses interest in the patients, ceases to derive any satisfaction fr...
The role of brain MRI in a patient undergoing carotid endarterectomy after transient ischemic stroke
Transient ischemic attacks cannot be ascribed with confidence to the anterior circulation unless cortical symptoms are described. In the absence of cortical symptoms and in cases of carotid stenosis, carotid endarterecto...