[Sources of finance for provincial occupational health services. Theory and practice].
The financing of occupational health services (OHS) at the provincial level is an important issue in view of the transformation process going on not only in OHS but also in the overall health care system in Poland. New principles of financing must be now based on the cost and effects analyses. Thus, the question arises on how to provide financial means adequate to needs of health care institutions resulting from their tasks and responsibilities. The gaps existing in the information system have encouraged us to examine the situation in regard to the structure of financing and internal allocation of financial means. The objectives were formulated as follows: to characterise the sources of financial means received by provincial OHS centres; to analyse the structure of financial means derived from various sources, taking into account forms of financial administration, using the data provided by selected centres; to define the relation between the financial means being at the disposal of OHS centres and the scope of their activities; The information on the financing system was collected using a questionnaire mailed to directors of selected OHS centres. The information collected proved to be a valuable source of knowledge on the above mentioned issues as well as on how far the new system of financing associated with a new form of financial administration--an independent public health institution--has already been implemented. The studies indicated that at the present stage of the OHS system transformation it is very difficult to formulate conclusions on the financing administration in provincial OHS centres.
Rydlewska-Liszkowska
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Zakładu Organizacji Ochrony Zdrowia Instytutu Medycyny Pracy, Lodzi.
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D002202:Capital Financing / Q000191:economics*; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011044:Poland; D011634:Public Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires