The State of Vaccine Confidence in Poland: A 2019 Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey.

Vaccination is considered as one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. This study aimed to assess (1) the attitudes and behaviors towards mandatory childhood vaccination, with particular emphasis on socio-economic factors determining the vaccine confidence among adults in Poland as well as to (2) identify the potential impact of anti-vaccination movement on vaccination coverage among children and adolescents aged ≤19 years. This cross-sectional study was carried in 2019 on a nationwide, representative sample of 1079 individuals aged 18 and over in Poland (53.

[Physicians induced demand in the primary health care level].

Spending on health care in developed countries with the market economics has been growing over the past few years. Health care economists, along with other professionals, are constantly looking for new ways to control these costs. In this publication, an analysis of the theory of physicians induced demand (PID) at the primary level of medical care in Denmark, France and the Netherlands is presented the analysis of available literature data.

The nationwide program of allergic disease prevention as an implementation of GARD guidelines in Poland.

Background: In 2006, the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) was established. The GARD strategy is based mainly on activities aimed at implementing preventive tasks at a local and global level. In Poland, the National Health Program (NHP) is the strategic document describing the tasks of governmental and local administration in the field of public health.