title: [Systematic preventive rodents control: correlation between mode of finance and level of coverage].
abstract: The aim of this article was to define correlation between the mode of financing systematic prventive rodents control and the level of coverage, by method of professional supervision in the area of Virovitica-Podravina county. Obtained results show significant diversity in the level of coverage between local self management units. In some cases, only 18% of households were covered by treatment, while in some other, where coverage was maximal, it reached 100%. We can conclude that community leaders of some local self management units do not recognize the importance of systematic preventive rodents control as a major public health measure. A portion of treatments executed under professional supervision results with low coverage because of mode of finance. Systematic preventive rodents control must be financed completely from budget resources of local self management units, which results in satisfying coverage and efficacious prevetive measure.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za javno zdravstvo "Sveti Rok" Viroviticko-podravske zupanije.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017523:Croatia; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000191:economics; D012375:Rodent Control / Q000191:economics