Hospital commercialization in Poland: experts debate at PAP
2014-06-06

Marcin Rzepka, head of research services at PMR, a Kraków-based research and consulting firm, participated in the debate ‘Financial situation of hospitals: The need to rationalize the entire health care system’ held on 15 May 2014 at the headquarters of the Polish Press Agency.

Also participating in the debate were Krzysztof Mach, vice-president of the National Association of Private Hospitals, Jaroslaw Fedorowski, president of the Polish Federation of Hospitals, Urban Kielichowski, a member of the board of Magellan SA, Dariusz Gilewski, an expert on healthcare, and Jerzy Gryglewicz, a health expert from University Łazarski.

During the meeting, Mr. Rzepka presented the findings of the report ‘Financial situation of hospitals in Poland: The need to rationalize the entire health care system’, which was developed by PMR in cooperation with Magellan. The report shows that only 7% of the public hospitals in Poland have stated their readiness for ownership transformation.

Topics discussed during the debate include the reasons for such a situation on the healthcare market in Poland and possible scenarios for speeding the process of commercialization.