Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems
The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical overview of efficiency and equity and give insights in the Croatian health system. Using selected indicators, a basic descriptive review of efficiency and equity in the Croatian health system was made, with an added comparison to other countries...
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| author | Ljerka Cerović Nikolina Dukić Samaržija Marko Brkić |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical overview of efficiency and equity and give insights in the Croatian health system. Using selected indicators, a basic descriptive review of efficiency and equity in the Croatian health system was made, with an added comparison to other countries of the European Union. Observed at the macro level, Croatia shows relatively good efficiency of its health system, even above the average of the comparable countries by health expenditure per capita, but still significantly below the most developed EU countries. Still, Croatia requires further reforms that would enhance the efficiency of its health system (especially at the hospital level), without sacrificing equity which is a fundamental right of all citizens in need of health care. Although in total only small proportion of the population perceived an unmet need for health care, Croatia reported much larger inequalities in unmet need among different socio-economic groups, between high and low educated population, between women and men and among different age groups. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-78326be69ed84538a9e63ad60dc061a82025-01-22T10:51:51ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Central European Public Administration Review2591-22402591-22592017-06-0115110.17573/ipar.2017.1.02Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health SystemsLjerka Cerović0Nikolina Dukić Samaržija1Marko Brkić2Faculty of Economics, University of RijekaFaculty of Economics, University of RijekaCroatian Institute of Public HealthThe purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical overview of efficiency and equity and give insights in the Croatian health system. Using selected indicators, a basic descriptive review of efficiency and equity in the Croatian health system was made, with an added comparison to other countries of the European Union. Observed at the macro level, Croatia shows relatively good efficiency of its health system, even above the average of the comparable countries by health expenditure per capita, but still significantly below the most developed EU countries. Still, Croatia requires further reforms that would enhance the efficiency of its health system (especially at the hospital level), without sacrificing equity which is a fundamental right of all citizens in need of health care. Although in total only small proportion of the population perceived an unmet need for health care, Croatia reported much larger inequalities in unmet need among different socio-economic groups, between high and low educated population, between women and men and among different age groups.https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20463efficiencyequityhealth carepublic sectorCroatia |
| spellingShingle | Ljerka Cerović Nikolina Dukić Samaržija Marko Brkić Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems Central European Public Administration Review efficiency equity health care public sector Croatia |
| title | Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems |
| title_full | Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems |
| title_fullStr | Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems |
| title_short | Balancing Between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems |
| title_sort | balancing between efficiency and equity in publicly funded health systems |
| topic | efficiency equity health care public sector Croatia |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/CEPAR/article/view/20463 |
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