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The article focuses on factors determining the effective management of customer relationships on the example of health care services provider operating in private sector in Poland. This article consists of two parts. In the first part there are issues related to customer loyalty reviewed in the context to prior health care studies. Next, the loyalty stimulants are empirically tested on the sample of patients of the given health care company. This study enriches our knowledge about relationship management in the health care by suggesting that front-line personnel attitudes are the dominating aspect (both: doctors and nurses) and infrastructure and appearance are insignificant factors.