Impact of the earthquake during COVID-19 lockdown on fracture admission at a tertiary trauma centre in Croatia - Bobovec D, Zigman T, Rajacic D, Ehrenfreund T, Prtori ć A, Dobric I.
PURPOSE: To determine the impact of an earthquake during COVID-19 lockdown on fracture admission at a tertiary trauma centre in Croatia. METHODS: A case-control study was performed at the tertiary trauma centre registry. Two different periods were ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Post-earthquake rapid damage assessment of road bridges in Glina County - Vla šić A, Srbić M, Skokandić D, Mandić Ivanković A.
In December 2020, a strong earthquake occurred in Northwestern Croatia with a magnitude of ML = 6.3. The epicenter of this earthquake was located in the town of Petrinja, about 50 km from Zagreb, and caused severe structural damage throughout Sisak-Moslavi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Multi-level sensing technologies in landslide research-Hrvatska Kostajnica Case Study, Croatia - Podolszki L, Kosovi ć I, Novosel T, Kurečić T.
In March 2018, a landslide in Hrvatska Kostajnica completely destroyed multiple households. The damage was extensive, and lives were endangered. The question remains: Can it happen again? To enhance the knowledge and understanding of the soil and rock beha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Croatia: Health System Review
Health Syst Transit. 2021 Nov;23(2):1-146.ABSTRACTThis analysis of the Croatian health system reviews developments in its organization and governance, financing, provision of services, health reforms and health system performance. Croatia has a mandatory social health insurance system with nearly universal population coverage and a generous benefits package. Although per capita spending is low when compared to other EU countries, the share of public spending as a proportion of current health expenditure is high and out-of-pocket payments are low. There are sufficient physical and human resources overall, but some more remo...
Source: Health systems in transition - January 7, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Aleksandar Dzakula Dorja Vo čanec Maja Banadinovic Maja Vajagic Karmen Lon čarek Iva Luka čevic Lovrenčic Dagmar Radin Bernd Rechel Source Type: news