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Wynagrodzenia lekarzy i pielęgniarek na tle innych zawodów (2001-2010)
Doctors and nurses payment in comparison with other occupations (2001-2010)

Author(s): Zdzisław Czajka
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: doctors and nurses; occupations; payment; public health service

Summary/Abstract: This article aims is presenting relationship doctors and nurses payment in public health services, after the reform from 1999. Increase salaries for medical personnel was very important government problem in ninetieth years. Doctors and nurses to wait increase their salaries. Trade unions to demand level of salaries adequate to importance and function health service in whole economy and doctors and nurses qualifications. Between government suggestions and medical personnel expectation of salary increase was considerable difference. One rule of reform in public health service in 1999 was finance wages budget from National Health Fund. Article presenting factors influence on level of payment medical personnel, payment relationship between health service and other occupations, influence of employment seniority on payment diversity, relationship between women and men as well as payment influence on doctors emigration. Results of information presenting in this article is, that payment relationship doctors and nurses in comparison with other occupations changing between 2001 and 2010 for the better.

  • Issue Year: 11/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 159-168
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish