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National Health Fund logo Healthcare spending vs life expectancy for some countries in 2007. Health care in Poland is insurance based, delivered through a publicly funded health care system called the National Health Fund, which is free for all the citizens of Poland provided they fall into the "insured" category (usually meaning that they have health insurance paid for by their employer, or ...
A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
The President of the Fund is appointed by the Prime Minister at the request of the minister of health after consultation with the Council of the Fund. There is a branch in each of the 16 provinces. In 2015 its income was 69.8 billion Polish złoty and it employed the full-time equivalent of 5,184 people.
According to OECD 2013 data, in the period 2000-2011, public expenditure on health has risen from 3.9% of the GDP in 2000 through 4.3% in 2004 to 5.0% in 2010; public social expenditure has remained relatively stable (20.5% of the GDP in 2000, 21.4% in 2004 and 20.7% in 2011), and public pension expenditure has also remained relatively stable ...
Map of total public and private health expenditure per person (see year above map). [1] This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health per capita. Total expenditure includes both public and private expenditures. See also: Health spending as percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by country.
Enrollment in private health insurance schemes is an increasingly popular practice in Poland, further popularized in recent years by the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of the third quarter of 2023, 4.69 million people in Poland had private health insurance, up 15% year-on-year, with a total capitalization of 1.1745 billion PLN ($279 million), up ...
Decision 2003/751; European Union decision: Text with EEA relevance: Title: Decision No 189 of 18 June 2003 aimed at introducing a European health insurance card to replace the forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 as regards access to health care during a temporary stay in a Member State other than the competent state or the state of ...
Those who make below a certain income must use the public health insurance, and public health insurers are forced to accept them. Those are compulsorily insured (pflichtversichert), and can choose either the private or the public system. Private health insurance is only available to freelancers, high earners and certain other categories. [173]