TY - JOUR T1 - Primary health care in Poland: certain health professional groups are placing self-interest before patients JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 379 LP - 379 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X698129 VL - 68 IS - 673 AU - Tomasz Tomasik Y1 - 2018/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/673/379.abstract N2 - Since the beginning of 2016, the new Minister of Health in Poland has been conducting reforms of primary health care with the aim of improving its effectiveness. He appointed an expert panel consisting of physicians, nurses, public health specialists, and one patient representative. Its objective was to prepare proposals for changes in primary health care that would be the background for new law.The panel developed a strategic document containing 10 major changes needed in primary care in Poland. These were: primary care for everyone, including those without public insurance;primary health care based on family physicians;teamwork of physicians and nurses with one shared patient list;improved funding;strengthening preventive care; … ER -