Indicators of development of the health system of Serbia and the effectiveness of the current economic model in health care

Abstract

The subject of this analysis is the health system of Serbia. After consulting relevant sources, we present the indicators of health of the Serbian population and other parameters of development of the health system of Serbia. Special focus is on the analysis of the current economic model in the health sector in Serbia, primarily in terms of the method for creating public budget, its amount and structure of spending. Based on this analysis, the author presents a number of recommendations for improving the efficiency of spending public money. Some of the substantiated recommendations are as follows: transfer the savings from generic to innovative medicines, correct the list of services in the basic package of health insurance by the NHIF, give greater attention to the collection of contributions for health insurance, change the management model of the healthcare institutions, rationalization of non-medical staff, improving the transparency of public procurement, introduction of an integrated IT system, greater investment in prevention and primary care, more active use of special contracts which would enable the NHIF to more easily control spending of money for drugs, restructuring of Galenika through quality strategic partnerships and the integration of private and public health systems.