Economic Themes (2011) 49 (1) 7, 83-95

MODELS OF PRIMARY HEALTH FINANCING REFORM


Нелица Атанасковић, Јашко Ондреј, Младен Чуданов

Abstract: The reform of the health care system in Serbia includes numerous changes in the structure, processes, funding models, organizational culture and other factors of this complex organizational system. Designed reform should be treated as organizational change and implemented by the current approaches and methodologies of implementation of organizational changes. From the economic viewpoint particularly significant is the reform of financing of primary health care that is more elaborated in the paper, stating the theoretical models and international experience, and connections with future funding reform the system functioning.

Keywords:  health care financing; organizational changes; primary health care

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