Naslov
Public Expenditure on Health through Additional Health Insurance

Autori
Bagat, Mario ; Mihanović, Damir ; Hržić, Marijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Economic and Social Development (Book of Proceedings), 11th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development – Building Resilient Society / Cingula, Domagoj - Zagreb : VADEA, 2015, 457-463

Skup
11th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development – Building Resilient Society

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 17.12.2015. - 18.12.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Health expenditure ; voluntary health insurance

Sažetak
Health care system in Croatia is financed by model which has elements of the Bismarck and Beveridge financing systems: mostly funded by the health insurance contributions at a rate of 15% and to a lesser extent from the general taxes. With public funding sources, about 20% of the health care is financed from private sources. The aim of this study was to explore and to identify all the relevant features of the functioning of the health insurance and to indicate the measures which could be directly used in the rational spending of public funds as well as introduction of models that would be optimal for the direction of health care development in the context of EU standards. The development of voluntary health insurance can effectively influence the improvement of the health care, and so lead to many benefits for the insured: greater choice with better quality, accessibility and transparency of services. Patients with contracted policy of supplementary health insurance significantly less use the services of the mandatory health insurance (P<0, 001, t=13, 508, df=4, t-test) which have direct impact on reducing public health expenditure.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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