title: [The appreciation of the medical students' knowledge concerning the role and work of medical care funds in Polish health care system].
abstract: The aim of the research was verification and comparison of the present state of knowledge among the students (of different departments and years ofstudy), about the role ofMedical Care Funds in the up-to-now healthcare system and the patient's rights as far as the students' future profession as doctors, dentists healthcare managers and medical rescuers is concerned. The research was carried out by means of anonymous questionnaire. A uniform "assessment" method was adopted following the principles of didactic measurement. The following were calculated: range, modal, mediana, arithmetic average, variance, standard deviation, easiness of the task, difficulty of the task, skip fraction, the task's differentiating power, reliability coefficient of the test using the own modification of the Excel programme. No significant differences among the particular groups have been proven as far as the students present state of knowledge is concerned. The research showed different difficulty levels of the particular questions among examined groups. The assessment of the up-to-now work of the Medical Care Funds is negative in the opinion of the respondents, no matter which medical faculty they have represented.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Medycyny i Epidemiologii Srodowiskowej Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej ul. Jardona 19, 41-808 Zabrze.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyrpień
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaskólecki
authors.forename: Marek L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grabowski
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Steplewski
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaskólecka
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karch
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000191:economics; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D003813:Dentistry / Q000458:organization & administration; D019468:Disease Management; D004468:Economics, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000639:trends; D011044:Poland; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis