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Physicians' strike and general mortality: Croatia's experience of 2003

Marijan Erceg1, Mirjana Kujundzić-Tiljak, Andrea Babić-Erceg

  • 1Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. marijan.erceg@hzjz.hr

Collegium Antropologicum
|November 29, 2007
PubMed

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The 2003 Croatian physicians' strike did not significantly impact population mortality rates. Analysis of death data showed no increase or decrease in mortality linked to the strike period.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy

Background:

  • Physicians' strikes can potentially disrupt healthcare services.
  • Assessing the impact of such disruptions on population health outcomes is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if the 2003 Croatian physicians' strike affected overall population mortality.
  • To analyze mortality data during the strike period and compare it with non-strike periods.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized mortality data from Croatia's National Bureau of Statistics.
  • Compared death data from the strike period (Jan 15 - Feb 14, 2003) with equivalent periods in 2001, 2002, and 2004.
  • Calculated the proportion of deaths during the strike period.

Main Results:

  • In 2003, 4,682 deaths (8.9%) occurred during the strike period.
  • No significant deviations in the proportion of deaths were observed compared to other years.
  • Mortality rate during the strike was 1.1 deaths per 1000 population.

Conclusions:

  • The study found no evidence to associate the 2003 physicians' strike with changes in population mortality.
  • The strike's impact on population mortality in Croatia could not be statistically determined from the available data.

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