Vol 5, No 3 (2014)
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Published online: 2014-11-20

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A conception of systemic changes in oncological healthcare in Poland at the threshold of the year 2015

Krzysztof Warzocha
Hematologia 2014;5(3):179-192.

Abstract

On the 22nd July 2014, the Polish Parliament amended legislation in the provision of state-financed public healthcare services which had previously assumed an oncological treatment package based on a queuing system. The detailed regulations to this law are currently being formulated to permit such required changes to be implemented. Essentially, they concern rules that govern coordinating the various avenues of cancer patient diagnosis and therapy, along with a standardization of services provided at medical centres according to their levels of referentiality, ranges of available competencies as well as the ability to effectively monitor their quality; all integrated into the national oncology network of institutions that coordinate and oversee this process. Such reforms are thus focused on individually treating cancer patients and their healthcare needs in order to achieve the maximum possible effectiveness and benefit for both their therapy and in ensuring the safety of procedures that may be potentially life-threatening. These are therefore important steps to significantly improve the health care system for treating cancer patients in Poland.



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