[Prevention and health promotion programmes on websites of the Polish health insurance funds].
OBJECTIVE
The aim of our study was to evaluate the content and presentation of prevention and health promotion programmes on websites of the Polish health insurance funds.


METHODS
A systematic review of the content of official websites of all 17 national health insurance funds was done.


RESULTS
Information on health care programmes was given on 12 websites, In four cases information can be described as sufficient and in only one case the programme was described in detail. Health insurance funds in Poland make extensive use of the Internet to communicate with contractual service providers. However, there is much to be done concerning communication with the patients.
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Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego i Medycyny Społecznej Akademii Medycznej al. Zwycicstwa 42a, 80-210 Gdańsk.
Zarzeczna-Baran
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D004181:Directories as Topic; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011044:Poland; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation