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Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia: Efficiency and Reform Options
Author:
Ms. Victoria Gunnarsson
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Mr. Etibar Jafarov
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2008: Issue 136
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 May 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451869958.001
ISBN:
9781451869958
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
34
Keywords:
WP; expenditure; Croatia; public spending; mortality rate
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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.
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