Abstract
Apart from the general changes in Croatia’s political system and economy, a principal motive for health reforms was a prevalent dissatisfaction with the functioning of the previous health system. All the main actors of the system were dissatisfied: the government was dissatisfied with the economic inefficiency of the system, physicians were dissatisfied with their income, and citizens were dissatisfied with access (long waiting times), the behaviour of health personnel, and periodic shortages of medicines (Saric and Rodwin 1993; Oreskovic 1995).
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Mastilica, M. (2012). Health Reforms in Croatia from the User Perspective. In: Bartlett, W., Božikov, J., Rechel, B. (eds) Health Reforms in South East Europe. New Perspectives on South-East Europe Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264770_2
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