Państwo i rynek w sektorze ochrony zdrowia w Polsce : kierunki i perspektywy

The paper deals with the role of the state in the Polish health care sector. The goal of the paper is to show, that the state intervention in health care sector has been considerably reduced over the last twenty years by shifting certain risks to health care providers and patients and by forcing patients to obtain health services from private health care providers and by introducing copayments. This additional weight was neither compensated by tax concessions nor by any financial incentives. There is a ground to maintain that individual patients' obligations will be further strengthened and extended.