This article introduces the Special Issue on Eastern Europe in the COVID-19 crisis. It seeks
to shed light on the different and partly worse experiences in East Central Europe compared …

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to human health in the twenty-
first century. A key dimension of global governance in this domain consists of encouraging …

Existing research has found that individuals often perceive healthcare inequalities as unfair;
yet, there is high variation in unfairness perceptions between countries. This raises the …

The article analyses the role of health, political and economic factors in governments'
responses to COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern and Western Europe. It relies on survival …

This paper calls on social policy scholars to approach health differently in their research. Our
goal is to bring core insights from social epidemiology into conversation with welfare state …

Political institutions are key to the emergence and development of welfare states. First, the
central institution of modern governance—namely the bureaucratic nationstate—has played …

International comparisons show that although health services are becoming increasingly
digital, interconnected, and person-centred in industrialised countries, Germany lags behind …

Fragmentation in health systems leads to discontinuities in the provision of health services,
reduces the effectiveness of interventions, and increases costs. In international …

Given growing caseloads, limited funding and staff shortages, the need for coordination in
healthcare and elderly care is at an all-time high. This timely book conducts a cross-national …

The article analyzes the commissioning and production of expert reports about Swedish
health care management and governance. We show that these reports are rarely solitary …