conversely the percentage of adolescents who were overweight or obese in was just under the eu average compared with but it has increased by more than since on a more positive note a higher percentage of adolescents and adults in croatia report doing regular physical activity figure health inequalities have been addressed in several national health policy documents but few specific measures have been implemented so far the chif contracts with health care providers for the provision of services and plays a key role in defining which health services are covered by the publicly financed system it also oversees performance standards and pricesetting for services is responsible for the payment of sick leave compensation maternity benefits and other allowances and is the main provider of complementary voluntary health insurance vhi covering user charges termed supplemental insurance in croatia