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Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia.

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunnarsson, Victoria
Otros Autores: Jafarov, Etibar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • I. Introduction; II. International Comparisons of Spending on Health Care and Education and Performance .; Box 1. Performance Indicators; Tables; 1. Health Expenditure and Outcomes; 2. Selected Real Health Resources; Figures; 1. Share of Private Funding in Total Health Care Spending; 3. Education Expenditure, Output, and Outcomes; III. The Relative Efficiency of Government Spending on Health Care and Education; 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.
  • 2. Efficiency Frontiers for Selected Health Outcome Indicators6. 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; IV. Concluding Remarks; 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.