TY  - JOUR
AU  - Simić, Snežana
AU  - Santric Milicević, Milena
AU  - Matejić, Bojana
AU  - Marinković, Jelena
AU  - Adams, Orvill
PY  - 2010
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/332
AB  - Objective: To provide insight of national activities and international assistance in PHC reform and to assess their effects on technical and allocative efficiency as well as financial sustainability of primary health care in the Republic of Serbia. Materials and methods: Analytical framework of the study consisted of gathering and reviewing of relevant political documents, international assistance project documentation, and analysis of routinely collected national statistical data based on the evaluation model of three groups of criteria: allocative, technical efficiency and financial sustainability in the public sector of Serbia from 2000 to 2007. Time trends were analyzed by Poisson regression models using average annual percentage changes - AAPC, and the percent of targeted change achieved by progress quotient - PQ. Results: Allocative efficiency of the PHC during period of 8 years was improved, but technical efficiency was almost unchanged for all service, except for preschool health care. Financial sustainability was also improved measured by indirect indicators of health expenditure. Conclusions: Results of this study indicated that we are on the right track with PHC reform, and international support is in accordance with the reform goals. Our approach has been and will remain incremental, gradualist and multi-faceted.
T2  - Health Policy
T1  - Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia
EP  - 169
IS  - 2
SP  - 160
VL  - 96
DO  - 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.015
UR  - conv_911
ER  - 

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author = "Simić, Snežana and Santric Milicević, Milena and Matejić, Bojana and Marinković, Jelena and Adams, Orvill",
year = "2010",
abstract = "Objective: To provide insight of national activities and international assistance in PHC reform and to assess their effects on technical and allocative efficiency as well as financial sustainability of primary health care in the Republic of Serbia. Materials and methods: Analytical framework of the study consisted of gathering and reviewing of relevant political documents, international assistance project documentation, and analysis of routinely collected national statistical data based on the evaluation model of three groups of criteria: allocative, technical efficiency and financial sustainability in the public sector of Serbia from 2000 to 2007. Time trends were analyzed by Poisson regression models using average annual percentage changes - AAPC, and the percent of targeted change achieved by progress quotient - PQ. Results: Allocative efficiency of the PHC during period of 8 years was improved, but technical efficiency was almost unchanged for all service, except for preschool health care. Financial sustainability was also improved measured by indirect indicators of health expenditure. Conclusions: Results of this study indicated that we are on the right track with PHC reform, and international support is in accordance with the reform goals. Our approach has been and will remain incremental, gradualist and multi-faceted.",
journal = "Health Policy",
title = "Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia",
pages = "169-160",
number = "2",
volume = "96",
doi = "10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.015",
url = "conv_911"
}

Simić, S., Santric Milicević, M., Matejić, B., Marinković, J.,& Adams, O.. (2010). Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia. in Health Policy, 96(2), 160-169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.015
conv_911

Simić S, Santric Milicević M, Matejić B, Marinković J, Adams O. Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia. in Health Policy. 2010;96(2):160-169.
doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.015
conv_911 .

Simić, Snežana, Santric Milicević, Milena, Matejić, Bojana, Marinković, Jelena, Adams, Orvill, "Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia" in Health Policy, 96, no. 2 (2010):160-169,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.01.015 .,
conv_911 .