Front Matter Page
European Department
Authorized for distribution by Robert A. Feldman
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