The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND Patients rights

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLANDPatients
rights

• in the the context of audits of the health
  protection system

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND Legal
regulations concerning patients rights

• Polish Constitution
• Article 68, section 1
• Article 68, section 2

• Act of 30 August 1991 on health care units

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND
Irregularities

• Limits to equality of access to health care
  services
• Lack of suitable legal regulations specifying
  patients powers
• Irregularities in financing and organizing
  patients stay in hospital
• Corruption in the health care system

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND Limits
to equality of access to health care services

• Patients did not always receive the appropriate
  medical assistance
• Health care units did not establish prorities for
  providing highly specialised medical procedures

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND Lack of
suitable legal regulations specifying patients
powers

• Low quality of legislation
• Delays in issuing executive regulations
• Inadequate legislation defining financing
  arrangements and rules governing the provision of
  health care services

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND
Irregularities in financing and organizing
patients stay in hospital

• Financial contribution to the treatment in public
  hospitals
• Violation of patients rights to privacy and the
  protection of their dignity
• Violation of regulations concerning medical
  documentation
• Insufficient number of sanitary facilities

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The Supreme Chamber of Control POLAND
Corruption in health care system

• Informal payments
• Cash payments or gifts given to individual
  health care services providers or institutions
• Areas in the health care system that are
  particularly liable to corruption