DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE - TRENDS IN GPS HOME VISITING IN CROATIA 1990-1995 COMPARED TO CURRENT TRENDS IN USA AND UK

During the period of intensive economic, political and epidemiological transition in Croatia (1990-1995), significant changes in patterns, i ntensity and organization of home visiting were registered and reporte d. Quantitative instruments were employed to determine changes in tren ds of financing, health manpower policy and use of services before and after 1993 health care reforms. The qualitative part of research (e.g ., cross-sectional and cross-national comparison of trends) was used t o compare the significance of a reduction in. the number of home visit s as well as how its pattern. fitted into the international trends (ou tburst of home visits in the USA and stagnation or decrease in the UK) .