Laboratory tests are the cheapest and easily accessible source of medical information about a patient. Although they make an important and frequently decisive element of the diagnostic and therapeutic process, the expenditure on tests in Poland is many times lower than that in other countries of the European Union. The Supreme Audit Office, in accordance with its work plan and guided by the suggestions of the Parliamentary Health Committee, has conducted an audit to evaluate the organisation, quality, access to and financing of the activities related to laboratory diagnostics. The audit comprised: the Ministry of Health, medical entities and laboratory diagnostics subcontractors, including medical diagnostic laboratories in six regions of Poland.
The Supreme Audit Office evaluated the healthcare system for children and school children, especially with regard to preventive care. The audit covered the years 2015–2017. It examined whether the current organisation of the healthcare system allowed for effective utilisation of the financial and human resources, and whether children and youngsters were provided with the required preventive and treatment services, and whether equal access to such services is ensured. NIK also audited whether the measures for improving the system were systematically implemented, as well as the activities aimed at satisfying both children and their parents or legal guardians.
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