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

May 1, 2008

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Victoria Gunnarsson, and Etibar Jafarov. Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia: Efficiency and Reform Options, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed December 3, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

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.

Subject: Education, Education spending, Health, Health care, Health care spending

Keywords: Croatia, Expenditure, Mortality rate, Public spending, WP

Publication Details

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34
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Working Paper No. 2008/136
Stock No:

WPIEA2008136
ISBN:

9781451869958
ISSN:

1018-5941

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