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ORIGINAL PAPER
Medical events in health care. A quantitative estimate for Poland
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University of Gdansk
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2025-02-03
Final revision date: 2025-09-17
Acceptance date: 2025-09-22
Publication date: 2025-10-31
JoMS 2025;63(3):308-328
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The purpose of the article is to estimate the quantitative scope of medical events in Polish health care. The research methods used in the article are: critical analysis of the literature, deduction as a means of theoretical inference, analysis of statistical data.
Material and methods:
In view of the residual and incomplete Polish quantitative data, in order to estimate the number of medical incidents, a method recognised in the literature and in the practice of health care systems was used to extrapolate the phenomenon using data sets published in selected European countries, the USA and other developed countries.
Results:
Taking into account the estimates made (hospitals, outpatient treatment, POZ), we can estimate the number of different types of medical events in Poland at the various levels of health care in total to range from a minimum of 216,000 to a magnitude several times greater, reaching 1 million medical events per year in Poland at the various levels of health care in total.
Conclusions:
The analysis performed allows us to conclude that quantitative estimates of the phenomenon of medical incidents in Poland differ fundamentally from the quantitative data available from national sources.
The purpose of the article is to estimate the quantitative scope of medical events in Polish health care. The research methods used in the article are: critical analysis of the literature, deduction as a means of theoretical inference, analysis of statistical data.
Material and methods:
In view of the residual and incomplete Polish quantitative data, in order to estimate the number of medical incidents, a method recognised in the literature and in the practice of health care systems was used to extrapolate the phenomenon using data sets published in selected European countries, the USA and other developed countries.
Results:
Taking into account the estimates made (hospitals, outpatient treatment, POZ), we can estimate the number of different types of medical events in Poland at the various levels of health care in total to range from a minimum of 216,000 to a magnitude several times greater, reaching 1 million medical events per year in Poland at the various levels of health care in total.
Conclusions:
The analysis performed allows us to conclude that quantitative estimates of the phenomenon of medical incidents in Poland differ fundamentally from the quantitative data available from national sources.
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