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GUS: How much did we spend on health?

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Aug. 1, 2022 08:51

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On Friday, the CSO released information on health spending. It consists of two parts: the National Health Account (developed by the Central Statistical Office on the basis of an international methodology used for almost a decade, which enables the comparison of health expenditure in various EU countries) and information on public expenditure on health care based on the data of the Ministry of Health.

- The National Health Account covers current expenditure on health, both public and private, while expenditure on health care prepared by the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the provisions of the Act (the Act on health services financed from public funds), refers only to to public funds and not limited to current expenses (they do not include local government expenses) - explains the Central Statistical Office.

What does this information show? In terms of the National Health Account, according to preliminary estimates, current expenditure on health care in 2021 amounted to PLN 172.9 billion (constituted 6.6% of GDP) and was higher than in 2020 by approx. preliminary data for 2020, which amounted to PLN 151.9 billio...

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