Additional Financing for the Serbia Health Project

Additional Financing for the Serbia Health Project

PROGRAM

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Geography: 
Serbia
Status: 
Ongoing
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Dates: 
2009- present

The additional loan will finance activities started under the Serbia Health Project (SHP) to reform hospital payment methods and improve quality of health care services. The loan will finance the provision of: management information technologies (hardware and software) for hospitals and the Health Insurance Fund (HIF); technical assistance to hospitals, the HIF, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) to support institutional and management reforms on a sector and hospital level to eventually improve hospital productivity and efficiency; and technical assistance to support monitoring and evaluation of the payment reform within hospitals and the HIF and on a sector level in order to evaluate and adjust the impact of the payment change and to prevent adverse effects and cost escalations.