EKONOMICZNE DETERMINANTY DOSTĘPNOŚCI USŁUG ZDROWOTNYCH W POLSCE
ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH SERVICES IN POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The article presents information on the functioning of the health services market and describes the economic determinants of access to health services, answering the following research questions: (1) what is the health services market and what are its characteristic features, (2) what factors determine access to health benefits, (3) how are the economic determinants of the accessibility of medical services shaped in Poland. The aim of the article is to present and discuss the economic determinants shaping the accessibility of health benefits in Poland: healthcare expenditure, the distribution of medical personnel, and medical infrastructure. To achieve this aim, the following research methods were used: a critical analysis of domestic and foreign literature, industry reports, and websites presenting numerical data on the above issues.

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