The eHealth usage during COVID-19 pandemic 2020 year-Case of Poland.

According to the DESI 2022 digital economy and society ranking, Poland still ranks in one of the last position. Although, in digitising healthcare Poland has made significant progress over the last five years, some inequities in the usage of eHealth have been recognised. This has become an especially important topic after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Socioeconomic Determinants of Health and Their Unequal Distribution in Poland.

The purpose of this study is to identify inequities in the distribution of socioeconomic determinants of health within Poland and their impact on the health status of Poles, as measured by mortality rate. We hypothesised that (1) there are inequities in the socioeconomic characteristics within geographically defined population groups and (2) some socioeconomic determinants of health have a particularly strong impact on the health status of Poles. Poland is administratively divided into three levels: voivodeships, powiats and gminas.

Regional Variability in the Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation in Poland.

Equitable access to cardiological rehabilitation services is one of the important elements in the effectiveness of the treatment of cardiovascular diseases as cardiological rehabilitation is an important part of circulatory system disease prevention and treatment. However, in many countries among others, Poland suffers from the underutilization of cardiac rehabilitation services. Cardiovascular diseases are the worldwide number one cause of mortality, morbidity, and disability and are responsible for the substantial increase in health care costs.

Assessment of Equity in Access to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Centres in Poland.

The purpose of this study is to analyse the disparities in the distribution of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centres in Poland and the impact of eventual inequities on access to the invasive treatment of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI). To examine the distribution of PCI centres against population size and geographic size in Poland, the Gini coefficient calculated based on the Lorenz Curve was engaged. In addition, the regression function was employed to estimate the impact of distribution of PCI centres on access to invasive procedures (coronarographies and primary percutaneous coronary intervention).

[New multidisciplinary heart failure care program (six-month preliminary observation)].

Unlabelled: In the last years multidisciplinary care (MDC) of patients with chronic heart failure has proved to be effective. Because of specificity of the medical care organization in different countries the outcome of the programs may be various. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of MDC on patients' survival, hospitalization rate and stay.

A new programme of multidisciplinary care for patients with heart failure in Poznań: one-year follow-up.

Introduction: Recent trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of multidisciplinary care (MDC) for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). However, results of the assessment of different programmes in individual countries could be different because of local specificities of health care systems.

Aim: We sought to determine whether MDC for patients with CHF has an influence on mortality, rate of rehospitalisation, quality of life (QoL) and self-care (SC) during a one-year study period.