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HEALTH INSURANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN HEALTHCARE REFORM
Marinko Đ. Učur
Sažetak
On 22 March 2006 the Government of the Republic of Croatia sent to the Croatian Parliament the Draft of the Health Insurance and Occupational Safety Act intended to ''harmonise the legislature of the Republic of Croatia with the European Union legislature…'' The segment of legislature addressing these issues is voluminous and includes by-laws of various classifications (per authors, content, space and time validity). The by-laws cover work, occupational safety, healthcare and health insurance, and other issues. The Croatian Parliament passed the Act at the session held on 13 July 2006 and the Act became effective on 3 August 2006 (published in NN 85/06).
The healthcare and health insurance reform demand new solutions (in organisation, financing, legal support, etc.). In an effort to implement this, one section of the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance would be set up as a separate institution (funding, tasks, staff) for occupational safety and it would be called Croatian Institute for Health Insurance and Occupational Safety. New solutions in the regulations of the Republic of Croatia are being sought and those set out in the Act are discussed. ''It is expected that the implementation of the proposed solutions … shall result in more accurate reporting of occupation-related injuries and occupational diseases thus optimising expenditures for health insurance covering this type of risks.'' However, these changes are no guarantee of safety at work and fewer work-related injuries, occupational diseases and other work-related diseases. The paper provides other solutions as well.
Ključne riječi
occupational safety; health insurance; injuries at work; occupational diseases; Croatian Institute for Health Insurance and Occupational Safety
Hrčak ID:
16275
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Datum izdavanja:
1.10.2007.
Posjeta: 2.207 *