01825cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005109 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451869958 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gunnarsson, Victoria. Government Spending on Health Care and Education in Croatia : Efficiency and Reform Options / Victoria Gunnarsson, Etibar Jafarov. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses the relative efficiency of government spending on health care and education in Croatia by using the so-called Data Envelopment Analysis. The analysis finds evidence of significant inefficiencies in Croatia's spending on health care and education, related to inadequate cost recovery, weaknesses in the financing mechanisms and institutional arrangements, weak competition in the provision of these services, and weaknesses in targeting public subsidies on health care and education. These inefficiencies suggest that government spending on health and education could be reduced without undue sacrifices in the quality of these services. The paper identifies ways to do that. Mode of access: Internet Jafarov, Etibar. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/136 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/136/001.2008.issue-136-en.xml IMF e-Library