Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie - Zeszyty Naukowe Ochrony Zdrowia
Abstract
New public management in the health care in Poland?The purpose of this paper is to present few factors influencing an effective implementation of the New Public Management (NPM) procedures and tools in the health care sector in Poland. A concise analysis of privatization in the Polish health care system, followed by two case studies dealing with downsizing and debt securitization in regional hospitals in the south of Poland are presented. It is argued in the paper that due to the fact that in the health care sector in Poland basic ownership rights are neither adequately clarified nor effectively executed, basic New Public Management tools cannot be fully implemented. Consequently, further clarification of ownership rights in the health care sector accompanied by their effective execution can be seen as a prerequisite for successful reform. Then NPM may follow
