Contracts for Providing Publically Funded Outpatient Medical Services - Criteria for Tenders Evaluation as a Tool of Health Policy in Poland

• Autorzy: Magdalena Siebielska-Gasek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Polish health care system is essentially divided into three basic levels of service: basic health care, outpatient specialist care, hospital treatment. Since 2003 the payer is the National Health Fund. Medical facilities include contracts for healthcare services with the NHF. In order to be able to provide medical services for a broad group of patients in the actual system of health care and regarding the economic situation of the society, having a contract with the public payer is of key importance. Until 2017, the most common contracting mechanism was competition process. As of October 2017, according to legal changes, hospital treatment along with hospital outpatient clinics will be implemented mostly within the framework of the Primary Hospital Security. Network of hospitals, without the need to obtain a contract within the tender offer. Outpatient counseling clinics will continue to receive contracts through competitive tenders. It means not only the necessity to meet certain predefined requirements but also to demonstrate competitive prevalence of a bidding medical institution vs. other participating stakeholders. It is necessary for success to know the criteria which decide about the bidding institution's position in the ranking of entities which have responded to the call to tender. The criteria for evaluating offers can undoubtedly form part of the state health policy.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Medical services; Environmental protection financing; Health care policy

PL

Usługi medyczne; Finansowanie ochrony środowiska; Polityka zdrowotna

• Czasopismo: Journal of Health Policy and Outcomes Research
• Rocznik: 2017
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 59--63

Twórcy

autor

Magdalena Siebielska-Gasek

Bibliografia

• The Act of 16th December 2015, amending the Act on amending the Act on publically funded health care services and other acts (Journal of Laws of 2015 No. 0 item. 2198)
• Regulation of the Minister of Health of 5th August 2016 on detailed criteria for tender selection in competitive procedure to identify contracted providers of medical care services (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1372).

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7365/JHPOR.2017.1.7