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Indicating Fields of Inequalities Regarding the Access to Health Benefits: Activity of the Watch Health Care Foundation

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  • Krzysztof Landa

    (Watch Health Care Foundation, Poland)

  • Karolina Skóra

    (Watch Health Care Foundation, Poland)

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Restrictions to health services in Poland have been an inspiration to establish Watch Health Care Foundation (WHC). The fundamental disease of the system is namely the disproportion between the amount of the funds and the contents of the package. It causes everywhere the same ’symptoms’ and leads to the same pathological phenomena: queues and other forms of rationing (’guaranteed’) health benefits, corruption, making use of privileges. Foundation uses the potential of information society and available infrastructure (web portal http://www.watchealthcare.eu) and all activities are presented on the website with the aim of influencing the health care system. On the basis of reports of limited access to health services, a ranking is created at WHC web portal, which aims to show what the biggest gaps in access to health services are - this is the way of showing the patient and health care system needs and also one possible approach of continuous education of the health care services consumers targeted at health care systems improvement.

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  • Krzysztof Landa & Karolina Skóra, 2012. "Indicating Fields of Inequalities Regarding the Access to Health Benefits: Activity of the Watch Health Care Foundation," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 1(2), pages 41-54, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:1:y:2012:i:2:p:41-54
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