In the last 10 years, public procurement costs in the healthcare sector have increased by two and half times, from 1261 million EUR in 2015 to more than 3152 million EUR in 2024. This growth takes place at times when the citizens express continuous dissatisfaction with quality and availability of healthcare services. Evident discrepancy between public spending and quality and quantity of services further enhances the impression that public procurements do not reflect the actual needs and interests of the citizens, and instigate additional distrust and suspicions about corruption.
This research is conducted as part of the project “Combating Corruption in Healthcare Public Procurement”, implemented by the Centre for Civil Communications with financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
