title: [Health economics, medical ethics, and evidence-based medicine].
abstract: The paper is based on the assumption that the management on different levels of decision-making requires not only strictly medical knowledge, but also the competence to make use of the acquisitions of health economics as well as certain knowledge of the principles of medical ethics and research methods applied in the evidence-based medicine. So far the relevant scientific literature lacks any attempts to analyse the common and separate features of the three fields mentioned above. Therefore, this paper aims at filling this gap. The objective is going to be met by acquainting the reader with the historical development of the three disciplines. Emphasis will be put on the existing definitions and scope of the health economics, medical ethics and evidence-based medicine. The concluding remarks contain the authors' conviction that this paper will contribute to make the medical environment more interested in the presented issues and thus constitute the first step to work out solutions which could be applied in clinical practice in the future.
authors.affiliation: Łódzka Regionalna Kasa Chorych, Łodzi.
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stelmach
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bryła
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stelmach
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denys
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012106:Research