The Right to Health Protection and the Actual Access of Elderly People to Medical Services in Poland
- Institution: University of Silesia in Katowice
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5741-6320
- Year of publication: 2020
- Source: Show
- Pages: 165-176
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2020.05.12
- PDF: ppk/57/ppk5712.pdf
The paper considers issues regarding the right to health protection on the basis of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the actual performance of the health protection system for the elderly. Particular attention is devoted to the constitutional guarantee of equal access to medical services. The purpose of this study is to check to what extent public guarantees of access to medical services are in conflict with the reality of the health protection system for the elderly.