The Spatial Differentiation of the Availability of Health Care in Polish Regions

AbstractEqual access to health services is one of the priorities of health policy. We assumed, that equitable health service was a consequence of even resource allocation. The aim of the study was to analyse the relationships between non-financial allocation of health resources and the state of health of the Polish population (women and men, at the age of 60), at the level of regions. In order to prove research assumptions, Perkal's method was applied.We confirmed, that non-financial resources are allocated unequally. We also proved the existence of the relationship between access to health care and the state of health of a population