[Does Croatia have hospital surplus?].

Background: In addition to human resources in health care, hospitals are unavoidable factor in international deliberations of development level of health systems. Besides education of health workers, equipped devices and efficiency of work in hospitals, it is important to compare the number of hospitals, their size, type of hospitals, their distribution and availability to users. These elements are essential to the overall quality and efficiency of health work of an area.

Predicting AH1N1 2009 influenza epidemic in Southeast Europe.

Aim: To use the data on the AH1N1 2009 influenza epidemic in the Southern hemisphere countries to predict the course and size of the upcoming influenza epidemic in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) countries and other regions of the World with temperate climate.

Method: We used a comparative epidemiological method to evaluate accessible electronic data on laboratory-confirmed deaths from AH1N1 2009 influenza in the seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011. The studied SEE countries were Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia, while Southern hemisphere countries were Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Paraguay, Uruguay, and South Africa.