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and the generous benefits established since 1993 threatened the fund's sustainability, the paper proposed reducing the amount of basic services that are free at the point of use, which would result in the HZZO becoming less dependent on payroll contributions. In order to increase revenue, the 2002
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of 15% and allowing the use of private supplementary plans. The Health Care Law of 1993 also guaranteed patients rights which includes access to information about their health, and the ability to refuse examination and treatment.
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issued a policy statement entitled "The Strategy and Plan for the Reform of the Health Care System and Health Insurance of the Republic of Croatia." Noting that such factors as the
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Compulsory health insurance contributions form 76% of the fund's income. About a third of the population - those in employment - are liable to pay full contributions.
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All health care providers that receive public funds are required to negotiate annual contracts with the HZZO that set prices and payment plans.
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The HZZO is overseen by a director and a board of directors, appointed by the Croatian government on the recommendation of the
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fund and its primary source of health financing. In 2019, 4.18 million people received health insurance coverage through HZZO.
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Vončina, Luca; Jemiai, Nadia; Merkur, Sherry; Golna, Christina; Maeda, Akiko; Chao, Shiyan; Džakula, Aleksandar (2006).
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in order to consolidate the fragmented and decentralized health care system which had been inherited from the
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Vončina, L.; Strizrep, T.; Bagat, M.; Pezelj-Duliba, D.; Pavić, N.; Polašek, O. (2012).
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Izvješće o poslovanju Hrvatskog zavoda za zdravstveno osiguranje za 2019. godinu
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Vončina, Luca; Džakula, Aleksandar; Mastilica, Miroslav (2007).
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Bosanac, Sanja Babić; Borovečki, Ana; Fišter, Kristina (2008).
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for hospital and specialist services. These services include
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Zagreb
Croatia
HRK
Vili Beroš
Minister of Health
www.hzzo.hr
Croatian
state-owned enterprise
universal health care
Croatia
Government of Croatia
health insurance
Minister of Health
Ministry of Finance
general practitioners
Zagreb
counties
Constitution of Croatia
Croatian Parliament
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
payroll tax
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina
country's aging
copayments
diagnostic tests
prescription drugs


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