Croatia began to implement case-based provider payment reforms in hospitals beginning in 2002, starting with broad-based categories according to therapeutic procedures. In 2009, formal diagnostic related groups were introduced, known locally as dijagnosticko terapijske skupine. This study...

Croatia operates a mandatory health insurance system with a single public health insurance fund, the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO), acting as the sole public purchaser of health care services for all insured—the entire population of Croatia. The HZZO holds a monopsony on reimbursement...