**European Health System Typologies: Last 30 Years Under Review**

Aida Isabel Pereira Tavares

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/67536

#### **Abstract**

The quest of the researcher to classify national health systems into homogeneous groups has a long history. In this paper, the last 30 years are divided in two periods (1985–2000 and 2000–2015) in order to present and briefly describe the most influential national health system typologies.

**Keywords:** health systems, Europe, typologies, historical perspective
