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Jednostka samorządu terytorialnego jako podmiot tworzący SPZOZ – analiza wybranych aspektów prawnych i finansowych
A local government unit as a founding entity an independent public health care provider – analysis of selected legal and financial aspects

Author(s): Ewelina Rabiej
Subject(s): Social Sciences, National Economy, Public Finances
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: public finance; local government ; independent public health care pro vide; healthcare system

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses issues related to the role of local government units (JST) in the healthcaresystem. The author makes the hypothesis assuming that performing the function of the founding entityof the independent public health care provider (SPZOZ) by the JST is a threat to the stability of localgovernment finances. The study analyses the tasks and expenses of the JST in terms of healthcare andpresents the rights and obligations of the JST as the founding entities of SPZOZ. The final sectionfocuses on the financial condition of SPZOZ and the impact on public finance stability as well as theequal access to health services. In the article, the following research methods were applied: the analysisof the literature, the analysis of legal acts, deduction. The study covered the years 2014-2016.

  • Issue Year: 93/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 159-170
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish