Open AccessHealthcare for children and adolescents in Poland
Author(s) -
Grażyna Hejda,
Artur Mazur,
Łukasz Dembiński,
Jarosław Peregud-Pogorzelski,
Teresa Jackowska,
Mieczysław Walczak,
Tomasz Szczepański
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
türk pediatri arşivi : i̇stanbul çocuk kliniği dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1306-0015
DOI - 10.14744/turkpediatriars.2020.90692
Subject(s) - health care , family medicine , medicine , population , secondary care , schedule , pediatrics , primary health care , primary care , environmental health , computer science , economics , economic growth , operating system
Despite the constant tendency to decrease the number of births, children and adolescents account for one-fifth of the Polish population. Healthcare for children is free and it is organized similarly to the care for adult patients. In primary healthcare, children can be under the medical care of general practitioners, family physicians or pediatricians. In secondary and tertiary care, pediatricians or physicians with pediatric subspecialties provide medical services. The number of pediatricians and nurses is not sufficient and still differs from the European average. Nonetheless, population health indicators (e.g. infant mortality rate) are constantly improving, and despite the strong influence of the anti-vaccine movements, 90% of children are vaccinated according to the schedule.