The Role of Local Government in the Polish Health Care System: Organizer, Entity that Creates and Payer Cover Image

Rola samorządu terytorialnego w polskim systemie ochrony zdrowia: organizator, podmiot tworzący oraz płatnik
The Role of Local Government in the Polish Health Care System: Organizer, Entity that Creates and Payer

Author(s): Przemysław Szetela
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: local government units; financing of health care;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this article was to present the most important organizational, supervisory and financial competences of local government units (LGUs) in Poland relating to public health care institutions (medical entities, a non- entrepreneurs). One of the goals of article was also evaluated the involvement of the various levels of local government in Poland in the financing of the tasks related to the health care and evaluated the effects of decentralization in health care. The article has been prepared on the basis of literature study, including the current legislation, as well as papers of various organizations, institutions and scientific journals.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55 - 68
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish