ZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - The World Bank is satisfied with the course of the reform of the Croatian health system, because all its elements are being implemented well and according to a time plan, director of the World Bank office in
Croatia, Sandor Sipos, said Friday at the Croatian Health Ministry. The World Bank is participating in the financing of the pilot project of reform which will begin to be carried out in 2001 at the Koprivnica hospital. The project will cost US$39 million, with the World Bank allocating US$29 million and the Croatian Government US$10 million. Sipos assessed Croatia had a sophisticated health system, but costly, as nine per cent of the gross domestic product was being set aside for the health system. Head of the World Bank team supervising the reform, Virginia Jackson, also expressed satisfaction with the process. She added the pilot project in Koprivnica would last for four years, while
ZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - The World Bank is satisfied with the course
of the reform of the Croatian health system, because all its
elements are being implemented well and according to a time plan,
director of the World Bank office in Croatia, Sandor Sipos, said
Friday at the Croatian Health Ministry.
The World Bank is participating in the financing of the pilot
project of reform which will begin to be carried out in 2001 at the
Koprivnica hospital.
The project will cost US$39 million, with the World Bank allocating
US$29 million and the Croatian Government US$10 million.
Sipos assessed Croatia had a sophisticated health system, but
costly, as nine per cent of the gross domestic product was being set
aside for the health system.
Head of the World Bank team supervising the reform, Virginia
Jackson, also expressed satisfaction with the process. She added
the pilot project in Koprivnica would last for four years, while the
first effects will be evident in the second year of
implementation.
Health Minister Ana Stavljevic-Rukavina stressed preparations for
the implementation of the programme of prevention of
cardiovascular disease were underway, and the purchase of medical
equipment was at an end.
Director of the reform project, Stipe Oreskovic, stressed
indicators for the quality of the institution's work were being
built for six months now, to gauge future changes -- from citizen
satisfaction to the epidemiology picture in the region.
this will also be the first wholesome study about the state of
health in a Croatian region.
The Health Ministry will establish an advisory body comprising of
general hospital directors.
Solutions which prove good will be introduced in their institutions
before the completion of the pilot project.
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