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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965546103321

Autore

Gunnarsson Victoria

Titolo

Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia : : Efficiency and Reform Options / / Victoria Gunnarsson, Etibar Jafarov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612840883

9781462347728

146234772X

9781451990317

1451990316

9781451869958

1451869959

9781282840881

1282840886

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (36 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/136

Altri autori (Persone)

JafarovEtibar

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical care - Croatia - Finance

Education - Croatia - Finance

Analysis of Health Care Markets

Education spending

Education

Education: General

Expenditures, Public

Health care spending

Health care

Health economics

Health Policy

Health systems & services

Health

Health: General

Medical care

National Government Expenditures and Education

National Government Expenditures and Health

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Croatia Appropriations and expenditures

Croatia, Republic of



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. International Comparisons of Spending on Health Care and Education and Performance . -- III. The Relative Efficiency of Government Spending on Health Care and Education -- IV. Concluding Remarks -- Box 1. Performance Indicators -- Tables -- 1. Health Expenditure and Outcomes -- 2. Selected Real Health Resources -- 3. Education Expenditure, Output, and Outcomes -- 4. Relative Efficiency of Croatia and the EU-10 in Health -- 5. Ratio of Percentile Rank of Efficiency Scores in Health to the Average of Percentile Ranks for OECD Countries -- 6. Correlations of Relative Efficiency in Health with Associated Factors -- 7. Standardized Death Rates, All Ages, 2005 -- 8. Relative Efficiency of Croatia and the EU-10 in Education -- 9. Ratio of Percentile Rank of Efficiency Scores in Education to the Percentile Rank of the Average Efficiency Score of the OECD -- 10. Correlations of Relative Efficiency in Education with Associated Factors -- 11. A Menu of Reform Measures to Increase Efficiency of Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia -- Figures -- 1. Share of Private Funding in Total Health Care Spending -- 2. Efficiency Frontiers for Selected Health Outcome Indicators -- References -- Appendix Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) -- Appendix Figures -- A.1. Illustrative Example of Applying DEA -- A.2. The Efficiency Relationship Between Health Expenditures, Resources, and Outcome.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the relative efficiency of government spending on health care and education in Croatia by using the so-called Data Envelopment Analysis. The analysis finds evidence of significant inefficiencies in Croatia's spending on health care and education, related to inadequate cost recovery, weaknesses in the financing mechanisms and institutional arrangements, weak competition in the provision of these services, and weaknesses in targeting public subsidies on health care and education. These inefficiencies suggest that government spending on health and education could be reduced without undue sacrifices in the quality of these services. The paper identifies ways to do that.