Efficiency as a parameter for assessing the Polish healthcare system

Bogdan Magdalena, Barańska Agnieszka, Drop Bartłomiej, Firlej Ewelina, Bartczak Krzysztof, Janiszewska Mariola. Efficiency as a parameter for assessing the Polish healthcare system. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(4):141-146. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1214160 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4945 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/862773 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.02.2018. Revised 12.02.2018. Accepted: 28.03.2018. Efficiency as a parameter for assessing the Polish healthcare system Magdalena Bogdan1,2, Agnieszka Barańska3, Bartłomiej Drop3, Ewelina Firlej4, Krzysztof Bartczak2, Mariola Janiszewska4 1Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Warsaw Medical University 2Collegium of Business Administration, Warsaw School of Economics 3Department of Informatics and Medical Statistics, Medical University of Lublin 4Department of Public Health, Medical University of Lublin Summary Introduction. Efficacy is defined as one of the most valid parameters of health system evaluation. It should be said that there is no consistent definition of the concept of effectiveness in health care, which would allow for the evaluation and comparison of health systems in the world. One can not point to the best or even near ideal of the health system. However, you can rank individual health systems with respect to the evaluation of individual parameters or groups of parameters. One of the possibilities is to evaluate the effectiveness of the system. Aim of the study. The aim of the article is to define and analyze particular types of system effectiveness in the context of the Polish health system. Description of knowledge. The literature on the subject is divided into operational and dynamic efficiency. Dynamic efficiency is divided into adaptive and innovative. The Polish health system is characterized by high operational efficiency. Operational efficiency determines the intensity of the system. The key factor for improving the health of the Polish society, as a factor of socio-economic development of the country is to improve the dynamic efficiency of the system. Conclusions. Health care in Poland has high operational efficiency while low dynamic efficiency, both adaptive and innovative, which clearly demonstrates the existence of a paradox of the overall effectiveness of the health care system in Poland. Key words: health protection, system efficienc