Polish Private Hospitals Association

Prepared: Medical Institut EuroMediCare

Public hospitals compared to private hospitals in Poland

 

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Public hospitals compared to private hospitals in Poland

 Public and private hospitals activities in 2000 and 2001

activity public private [%]

the amount of hospitals 2000

752 38 5.05

the amount of hospitals 2001

774 78 10.08

the amount of beds 2000 191290 1583 0.83

the amount of beds 2001 188805 3361 1.78

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Public hospitals compared to private hospitals in Poland

 - Stationary health service/medical care: hospital, medical attention institution, nursing/care institution, nursing home (sanitarium), preventorium and other medical institutions (according to OECD definition).

Field of medical service public private %

cardiology&cardiological

surgery9408 968 10.29

addiction treatment 2768 656 23.70

rehabili tation 8891 2123 23.88

palliative medicine,

medical attention of

chronically i ll

13313 6363 47.79

internal diseases 29675 977 3.30

dermatology$venerology 2971 98 3.30

surgery 40032 1411 3.52

otolaryngology 5030 179 3.56

allergic disorder 988 0 0

transpalntology 274 0 0

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Further development disadvantages of private hospitals

 no clear perspective of long-term investments (no legal regulation); lack of long-term contracts to finance medical services with private sector funds; unforeseeability of changes in financing conditions of hospitals; non-efficient public hospitals favoured by Payer, uncontrolled rise of debt;NHF as a monopolist;

Expences on medical service in Poland compared to other countries in 1999

 

country

Further

expected

length of li fe

Total expences on

medical service

(%GNP)

Total expences on

medical service/ per

inhabitant (USD)Mexico 75.05 5.4 452

Slovakia 73.00 5.8 649

Poland 73.15 6.2 558

Hungary 70.70 6.8 787

Great Britain 77.40 7.1 1666

Czech Republic 74.75 7.2 972

France 78.75 9.4 2226

Switzerland 79.65 10.7 3080

USA 76.65 13.0 4373

OECD Health Data 2002

Hospitals Association members

- 42 private hospitals situated in different regions of Poland.

- Main fields of medical service in Union hospitals are: surgery, urology, orthopedics, plastic surgery, neurosurgery.

- There are modern and transformed from public hospitals.

Polish Private Hospitals Association was established to:

carry out collective data policies about the abilities of private hospitals in the country and abroad;

share negotiations with insurance companies, the civil service and municipal government;

jointly raise the quality and run the process of the certifications of medical services (eg. ISO);

jointly negotiate contracts to purchase medical equipment, medical drugs and dressing supplies;

Association created a system of an internal data base to:

monitor planned changes to health services; introduce or plan new health regulations; provide access for Union members to interesting

offers of regional firms that supply medical products;

Beds

The Hospitals Associationhave:

2300 beds

Surgeries

In 2002 the Hospitals Association

performed:

58 500 surgeries

Out-patient treatments

In 2002 the Hospitals Associationgave:

540 278 out-patient treatments

compared to total amount of out-patient treatments in

Poland=533 million (0.1%)

Employees

The Hospitals Associationemploy:

3755 employees including 624 full-time doctors and 1358 contract(half-time)

doctors