Dostęp do usług medycznych a zamożność Polaków
Access to medical services and the wealth of Poles

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to verify the law of the reverse adequacy of medical care (Hart's law) in Poland on the example of geographic availability of medical human resources for citizens. The aim of the article was to analyze selected economic indicators in relation to the ratio of the number of doctors per 10,000. inhabitants in individual provinces in Poland. The aim of the analysis was to check whether in Poland, graduates of medicine choosing the place of providing services are guided by the wealth of the inhabitants of a given region. The article verified the research hypothesis that economic factors: the average income of the resident, gross domestic product in a given province, the unemployment rate, expenses for medical care of local government units and private expenditure on household health correlate with the number of doctors per 10,000. residents in a given region in Poland. The occurrence of the dependence was examined with Spearman's correlation coefficient, and the results obtained showed that there is a geographical variation in access to doctors in Poland and that Hart's law was partially confirmed. Based on the conclusions, it can be concluded that although access to medical services is universal and provided by the state, it is diverse and not equal for every citizen.

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