CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Family name: Stevanović

2. First names: Ranko
3. Date of birth: 11.04.1957
4. Passport holder: Croatian
5. Residence: Croatian
6. Education: MD, PhD

Institution Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

(Date from - Date to) pls. in reverse order – start with the last one
Medical school Zagreb MD
1975 – 1981
Medical school Zagreb 1985 – 1988 Family Medicine Specialist
Medical school Zagreb 1993-1995 Master’s thesis
Medical school Zagreb 2000-2004 Doctoral thesis (PhD)
Medical school Zagreb & Ministry of Science 2007 Research Associate

7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language Reading Speaking Writing
English 1 1 1
Croat/Serbian/ 1 1 1
Montenegrin
Russian 2 2 4

8. Membership of professional bodies: Croatian Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Health

Economics (President) http://www.farmakoekonomika.hr/udruga.html; Croatian Medical Association;
Croatian Public Health Society; European Public Health Society, Croatian Society of General/Family
Medicine, Croatian Society of Medical Informatics, HL-7 Croatian Board, Croatian Telemedicine Society

9. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.) Computer & Statistical Skills,
Special Qualifications, skills and experience
Qualifications and skills
 University graduate & postgraduate degree in the fields relevant for this project  (2001 Master
program Leadership and management of health services, from 2004 Lecturer & Head PH &
hospital Module, from 2008. head of Public Health Module (http://lmhs.snz.hr/en/pocetna/)
General professional experience
 20 years of experience in providing technical assistance or advice to governments or institutions
in health sector
 11 years of experience in work within international projects.
Specific professional experience
 11 years of relevant professional experience on Leadership and management of health
services education,
 10 years of experience in providing training on Diagnose Related Hospital Payment Groups,
Development of Indicators of Quality, Clinical Practice guidelines, Identification and
analysis of direct and indirect costs etc.
 7 years Experience in the Health Standardization of Medical Practice, Evaluation of
effectiveness (benefit vs safety/harms), economic hospital statistics, Information system
development
10. Present position:
Head, Primary Health Care Dept, Research Associate - Croatian National Public Health Institute
11. Years within the firm: 25
12. Key qualifications
 Japan-World Bank Policy and Human Resources Development Fund. Team Leader for a Project to
review developments in health care provider payment methods for the Croatian Ministry of Health and
Social Welfare. Also to review plans for further development and assist with refinements as necessary.
 Team Leader for a project to re-design the methods of payment for primary and hospital care services
under the national compulsory health insurance scheme. The design includes risk-adjusted capitation and
additional payments for quality targets and unavoidable additional costs of size and remoteness.
 Team Leader for a project that reviewed and redesigned all types of provider payment methods within
the government's compulsory and universal health insurance system. Major elements included improved
 methods of risk-adjusted capitation for primary care, DRG per case payment for inpatient services, and
specialized payment models for intensive care, rehabilitation, and palliation.
 Advice to the Ministries of Finance and Health to implement output-based budgeting across the health
sector. Components included categorization of outputs, determination of standard costs of outputs, revision
of responsibilities and accountabilities, and modification of organizational and professional cultures.
 Team Leader for a project directed at adjusting the capacities and locations of health sector facilities.
Review of health care needs, health sector management, clinical practice, and service and asset planning.
The emphasis was on adjusting hospital and health clinic sizes and functions to improve cost-effectiveness
and equity.
 Team Leader - World Bank. The aim was to reform all aspects of drugs financing, acquisition, pricing,
prescription, and use of medications. My role was mainly to integrate drugs reforms into the broad reform
process of the health sector (including refinement of health care financing, resource allocation, and care
provision).
 Consultant - For various hospitals and hospital networks, provision of advice on the management of
health care delivery. The emphasis has been on the use of clinical pathways as the basis for product
costing and cost control, improvement of quality of care and health outcomes, and encouragement of
effective clinical governance.
 Practical experience with EC management and reporting guidelines (General Conditions, format of
all kinds of Reports (inception, mid term, final reports), Terms of References, Visibility Guidelines, etc.);
 Experience with project monitoring (formulation and tracking of OVIs ) and grant facilities (

13. Specific experience in the region:

Country Date from – Date to

Croatia 1/1998 – 12/2011
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1/1998 – 12/2011
Montenegro 4/2004 – 12/2009
14. Professional experience

Date Location Company Position Description

2003- Montenegro Health insurance institute of Development and Leader of project “Internetization of primary health care” & author of
2009 Montenegro deployment of primary tender documentation “Procurement for PHC & hospital ICT System
(Mr Ramo Bralic Head Manager health care & hospital Hardware and Software”
of Health Insurance Institute information system
ramo.b@t-com.me tel: + 382 20
404 101)
2007- Bosnia & World Bank International Bosnia and Herzegovina Consultant, Team Lider, Lecturer & Mentor on Public Health Module
2010 Herzegovina Development (IDA), Ministry of Health Reform Evaluation -
health Health sector capacity
(Zlatko Vucina, MD, Head, building
Public Health Institute of Bosnia
and Herzegovina dir@bih.net.ba
tel. +387 61 173 706)
2007- Bosnia & University of Bocconi, Zagreb Management Capacity Consultant, Team Lider, Lecturer & Mentor on Public Health Module
2010 Herzegovina Medical school Building
( Prof dr.sc. Stipe Orešković,
Project Leader, “Andrija
Stampar” School of Public
Health stipe_oreskovic@eph.hr
+385 99 6103252)
2005- Bosnia & World Bank International Reform of health care Development and implementation of DRG system, Consultant, Team
2006 Herzegovina Development (IDA), Ministry of provider payment, Bosnia Lider, Lecturer & Mentor
health (Prof dr.sc. Stipe and Herzegovina
Orešković, Project Leader,
“Andrija Stampar” School of
Public Health
stipe_oreskovic@eph.hr +385
99 6103252)
2004 – Zagreb LSE, Medical School, University Master program Lecturer & Team Lider, Head PH & hospital Module & Lecturer on the
current CROATIA of Zagreb ( Prof dr.sc. Stipe Leadership and Development and implementation of DRG system Module,
Orešković, Project Leader, management of health http://lmhs.snz.hr/en/pocetna/
“Andrija Stampar” School of services
Public Health
stipe_oreskovic@eph.hr +385
99 6103252)
2002 – Croatia Croatian Ministry of Health Mr Expert Group for Member of Project Management Unit – the Team Leader of project
current Drazen Jurkovic MD, deputy development of Croatian “Development of Croatian heath information system” & author of tender
minister, Ministry of healh and heath information system documentation “Procurement for PHC ICT System Hardware and
social affaeirs Software”
drazen.jurkovic@mzss.hr Tel
+385 1 4677082
1998 – Croatia Croatian Ministry of Health Mr Telemedicine Expert Member of Project Management Unit . – the Team Leader of the Project
2007 Drazen Jurkovic MD, deputy Group, for Primary Health care Telemedicine Diagnostic Tools and
minister, Ministry of healh and Functionalities
social affaeirs
drazen.jurkovic@mzss.hr Tel
+385 1 4677082
1999- CROATIA Open Society Institute ( Prof Improving National Public Head Project Manager, Design of data presentation system & hardware
2001 dr.sc. Stipe Orešković, Project Health Servers in Central & software solution for Croatian System
Leader, “Andrija Stampar” and Eastern Europe”
School of Public Health
stipe_oreskovic@eph.hr +385
99 6103252)

15. Other relevant information: Publications: see link http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=191232

Alzheimer`s disease – resource providing and economics for ensuring care of patients in palliative medicine // Neurologia Croatica. Supplement 59 (2010)
(S2).
The founding of the Centre for Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills: a new step toward the development of patient-oriented
medicine in Croatia.. // Croatian medical journal. 52 (2011) ; 87-88
New technologies used in person-oriented medicine // Person in Medicine and Healthcare - From Branch to Bedside to Community /
Health Care Needs, Utilization and Barriers in Croatia - Regional and Urban-Rural Differences. // Collegium antropologicum. Supplement 1. 33 (2009) ,
S1;
"10001 Dalmatians" : Croatia launches its national biobank.. // Croatian Medical Journal. 50 (2009) , 1; 4-6.
Use of Preventive Health Care Services among the Unemployed in Croatia. // Croatian Medical Journal. 48 (2007) , 5; 667-674
Life Expectancy and Mortality Differences between Populations on Croatian Islands and the Mainland. // Croatian Medical Journal. 47 (2006) ; 611-
18
Effects of Inbreeding, Endogamy, Genetic Admixture, and Outbreeding on Human Health: A “ 1001 Dalmatians” Study. // Croatian Medical Journal.
47 (2006) ; 601-10.
Croatian Pharmaceutical Sector Reform Project: Rational Drug Use. // Croatian Medical Journal. 45 (2004) , 5; 611-619.
Lost in Transition: The Island of Susak (1951-2001). // Collegium Antropologicum. 28 (2004) , 1; 403-421-
What is happening to the health of Croatian population?. // Croatian Medical Journal. 42 (2001) , 6; 601-605.
Cancer Incidence in Eastern Adriatic Islands, Croatia: Examples from the Islands of Krk, Cres, Lošinj, Rab and Pag. // Collegium Antropologicum. 23
(1999) , 2; 547-556.
Surname as "Cancer Risk" in Extreme Isolates: Example from the Island of Lastovo, Croatia. // Collegium Antropologicum. 23 (1999) , 2; 557-569.
Fatalities in the War in Croatia, 1991 and 1992, underlying and External Causes of Death. // Jama : Journal of the American Medical Association. 270
(1993) , 5; 626-628.
Primary healthcare information system - development and deployment issues // Medical and Care Compunetics 4 / Bos, Ludewijk ; Blobel, Bernd (ed.).
Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2007. 43-57.