Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia : Efficiency and Reform Options /

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 r...

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Egile nagusia: Gunnarsson, Victoria
Beste egile batzuk: Jafarov, Etibar
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/136
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF
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Gaia: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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ISSN:1018-5941
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