Publication: Universal Health Coverage in Croatia: Reforms to Revitalize Primary Health Care
Date
2018-01
ISSN
Published
2018-01
Author(s)
Vončina, Luka
Arur, Aneesa
Dorčić, Fedor
Pezelj-Duliba, Dubravka
Abstract
This chapter describes and seeks to take
stock of a cluster of supply-side reforms that aimed to
revitalize what was described by the Croatian Public Health
Institute as a passive and low-impact primary care system.
The cluster of reforms, which include a mix of
organizational, primary care provider payment and
pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement reforms, and
enabling information technology investments, were
implemented starting in 2008. The chapter is organized as
follows. Section two provides an overview of Croatia’s
health system; section three provides an overview of
Croatia’s Social Health Insurance System; section four
discusses the financial sustainability challenges facing the
Social Health Insurance System; section five presents the
evolution and challenges of primary care in Croatia before
2008; section six discusses the primary care reforms
implemented from 2008 onward and reviews the available
evidence on its impact, including on how poorer regions and
individuals may have benefited; and section seven concludes
and outlines the way forward.
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Citation
“Vončina, Luka; Arur, Aneesa; Dorčić, Fedor; Pezelj-Duliba, Dubravka. 2018. Universal Health Coverage in Croatia: Reforms to Revitalize Primary Health Care. Universal Health Coverage Studies Series;No. 29. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29181 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”