INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE HEALTH SERVICE: GDANSK EXAMPLE (Instytucjonalne zmiany w sluzbie zdrowia - gdanski przyklad)

• Authors: Bulinski Leszek
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The health service sector has undergone a range of changes within the last few years due to the political situation of the country, including Poland's accession to the EU in 2004. As a result of these changes the socio-economic development processes were based on the principle of market mechanisms as opposed to the regulatory activities of the state. The health care changes in the city of Gdansk are closely linked with both the legislative and socio-political conditions. The Gdansk model was based on principle of the workers' privatisation, which allows the teams to establish a non-public health care institutions or individual specialist practices. Even though it is not devoid of defects and shortcomings, the changes presented in this article show a positive development trend relating to health service reforms. There is no doubt that the departure from the centralized management and administration of health care to that based on the market economy promotes processes aimed at more effective and rational management system,

Keywords

EN

HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE REFORM; MEDICAL SERVICES; OPEN TREATMENT

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 5-6(422-423)
• Pages: 19-23
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bulinski Leszek

• Leszek Bulinski, Niepubliczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Gdansk Poludnie, Gdansk, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA081728