Magdalena Jaworzyńska

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University inLublin, Lublin, Poland,

magdalena.jaworzynska@umcs.lublin.pl

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING IN POLAND AND SELECTED COUNTRIES

Abstract. The purpose of this article is to compare the Polish health care system with the systems of selected countries (in Netherlands, USA, Germany and Great Britain). In the Polish health care system should be introduced to patients paying for services, commercialization of hospitals, introduced a number of health funds.

Received: December, 2015

1st Revision: March, 2016

Accepted: June, 2016

DOI: 10.14254/2071- 789X.2016/9-3/4

JEL Classification: I11, I15, I18

Keywords: healthcare, health conditions, expenditures.