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Croatia

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Online HiT With modifications since publication of printed version 1. Introduction 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status 2. Organization and governance 2.1 Overview of the health system 2.2 Historical background 2.3 Organization 2.4 Decentralization and centralization 2.5 Planning 2.6 Intersectorality 2.7 Health information management 2.8 Regulation 2.9 Patient empowerment 3. Financing 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue and financial flows 3.3 Overview of the statutory financing system 3.4 Out of pocket payments 3.5 Voluntary health insurance 3.6 Other financing 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4. Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5. Provision of services 5.1 Public health 5.2 Patient pathways 5.3 Primary / ambulatory care 5.4 Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care 5.5 Emergency care 5.6 Pharmaceutical care 5.7 Rehabilitation / intermediate care 5.8 Long term care 5.9 Services for informal carers 5.10 Palliative care 5.11 Mental health care 5.12 Dental care 5.13 Complementary and alternative medicine 5.14 Health services for specific populations 6. Principal health reforms 6.1 Analysis of recent reforms 6.2 Future developments 7. Assessment of the health system 7.1 Stated objectives of the health system 7.2 Financial protection and equity in financing 7.3 User experience and equity of access to health care 7.4 Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care 7.5 Health system efficiency 7.6 Transparency and accountability 8. Conclusions 8. Conclusions

Reform log

22 May 2018 - New collective agreement for health care personnelRead more 30 January 2018 - Collaboration of Split University with the Bavarian REGIOMED ClinicsRead more 30 January 2018 - Allocation of funds to state-owned hospitals to cover debtsRead more 30 January 2018 - Establishment of a national fund for very expensive drugsRead more

Health policy updates

The National Reform Programme 2017 aims to address sustainability of the health care system published 30/05/2017 Recent evaluation of the Croatian Health Care System by the European Commission published 30/05/2017 Management of county hospitals to be returned to counties after the implementation of the Law on Sanation of Public Institutions proves unsuccessful published 07/10/2016

HiT Profile Croatia

Vol. 16 No. 3 2014: This is the latest published version of the health systems in transition profile (HiT) for Croatia written by Aleksandar Džakula, Anna Sagan, Nika Pavić, Karmen Lončarek, Katarina Sekelj-Kauzlarić. Download HiT full version

HSPM members for Croatia Andrija Stampar School of Public Health

Contributors Authors: Marta Čivljak, Aleksandar Džakula, Karmen Lončarek, Nika Pavić, Katarina Sekelj-Kauzlarić, Maja Vajagić. Editors: Anna Sagan

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