The European health policy compound and the Greek bailout programme : A coherent endeavour?

This thesis thus aims to answer the following research question: In how far are the bailout imposed reforms of national health care in Greece coherent with the European health policy compound? To approach the research question, firstly a more in-depth look into EU activities in health will be presented. Understanding the legal basis, the actors involved, as well as the requirement for coherence in health policy at the EU level shall facilitate following the argumentation of the analysis section. The third chapter will then deal with the methodological outline of the thesis, arguing for the selection of the Greek case, as well as the choice for undertaking a policy coherence analysis. The analysis outlined in the previous chapter is executed in section four where coherence of the Greek bailout programme with residual EU health policy is tested. The last chapter will review and discuss the results of the analysis also laying up implications for future research.