Publication: Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
Date
2014-01-04
ISSN
Published
2014-01-04
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This technical assessment has been
carried out as part of the preparation of the Health
Program-for-Results (PforR) operation in Croatia. The
primary focus of the assessment is on the Government's
Program, and the National Health Care Strategy 2012-2020,
and serves as the policy framework for this operation. The
needs that Croatia's health system must address have
changed as a consequence of the demographic and
epidemiological transition in the country. The disease
burden in Croatia has shifted from being dominated by
maternal and child health and communicable diseases to being
dominated by chronic and non-communicable conditions. The
Government of Croatia's National Health Care Strategy
sets out development directions for the health sector and is
the framework for making policy and operational decisions,
including the distribution of budgetary resources. The
development of emergency medical services and investment
planning project supported technical assistance to develop a
hospital rationalization master plan, and this will enable
the Ministry of Health to develop specific proposals for
funding that can be submitted to European Union (EU)
structural funds. The hospital rationalization plan will be
completed only in December 2013. In the interim, however,
the Ministry of Finance has expressed its commitment to
support the Ministry of Health to meet interim funding needs.
Citation
“World Bank. 2014. Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20077 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”