Zadłużenie publicznych szpitali w Polsce w latach 2005–2014. Nierozwiązany problem zobowiązań wymagalnych

Debts of Polish public hospitals in 2005–2014. The unsolved problem of overdue liabilitiesRunning up debts of public hospitals (independent health care units) constitutes an immanent feature of the Polish health care sector. Even though the introduction of the Public Assistance and Restructuring of Public Health Care Units Act of 15 April 2005 contributed to a reduction of overdue debts from 6.2 billion zloty in the middle of 2005 to about 2.1 billion zloty at the end of September 2014, they still remain quite high. Among units with the highest debts are the biggest and most important for the system central institutes and university hospitals. One can also observe regional variation of debts size. The most indebted are the facilities located in the mazowieckie voivodship though the public financing of hospitals in this region is the highest in the country. Therefore simple increasing of public financing seems not to be the right solution. The most important factors that contribute to the financial imbalance of public hospitals in Poland are rooted in the area of law regulations and health sector governance.