The Child Health Care System of Croatia

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• 作者：Julije Mestrovic ; MD ; PhD¹ ; ² ; Irena Bralic ; MD ; PhD² ; ³ ; Ivana Pavic Simetin ; MD ; PhD⁴ ; Aida Mujkic ; MD ; PhD⁵ ; Marija Radonić ; MD⁶ ; Urelija Rodin ; MD ; PhD⁴ ; ⁵ ; Mario Tro&scaron ; elj ; MD⁴ ; Ranko Stevanović ; MD ; PhD⁴ ; Tomislav Benjak ; MD ; PhD⁴ ; Ivan Prista&scaron ; MD ; PhD⁴ ; Dijana Mayer ; MD⁴ ; Branimir Tomić ; MD⁴
• 关键词：CPD ; Croatian Pediatric Society ; EU ; European Union ; UNICEF ; United Nations Children's Fund
• 刊名：The Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：177
• 期：supp_S
• 页码：S48-S55
• 全文大小：154 K

文摘

The Republic of Croatia is a Parliamentary Republic with a population of 4.2 million people that sits on the Adriatic coast within Central Europe. Gross domestic product is approximately 60% of the European Union average, which in turn, limits health service spending. The health system is funded through universal health insurance administered by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund based on the principles of social solidarity and reciprocity. The children of Croatia are guaranteed access to universal primary, hospital, and specialist care provided by a network of health institutions. Pediatricians and school medicine specialists provide comprehensive preventive health care for both preschool and school-aged children. Despite the Croatian War of Independence in the late 20th century, indicators of child health and measures of health service delivery to children and families are steadily improving. However, similar to many European countries, Croatia is experiencing a rise in the “new morbidities” and is responding to these new challenges through a whole society approach to promote healthy lifestyles and insure good quality of life for children.