Private healthcare market in Poland 2008

Our report provides a comprehensive assessment of the private healthcare market in Poland, along with current trends and events and their projected influence on the market in the years ahead.

This new report also provides detailed analysis of consumer habits and motivations of Poles who use private healthcare services. It comprises a wealth of data on major players in the market and the structure of available services and providers, making it an indispensable tool for companies planning strategies to enter the market successfully or improve their current operational strategies.

Key sections

• Section One describes the prevailing conditions in the private healthcare market in Poland in terms of size and share of particular segments of private healthcare in total private spending. Recent events and trends that have influenced market conditions are covered before moving on to discuss projected growth and trends for the period to 2010.
• Section Two provides readers with a comprehensive assessment of the current health insurance market in Poland, and the role it plays in the private healthcare market in Poland. Major players (insurance companies) and their offerings are also presented.
• Section Three analyses the top current participants in the in the market of private healthcare providers in Poland in terms of their size and market share. Strategies and planning initiatives are also explored, providing important indicators for prospective market entrants as to the areas of the market that hold the highest potential for growth and profit.
• Section Four details the consumer attitudes and preferences at work in the private healthcare market in Poland. It contains demographic and social information of private healthcare users, along with a breakdown by healthcare service and the reasoning behind various healthcare choices. Attitudes toward insurance and privatisation issues are also examined.
• Section Five focuses on economic trends in the private healthcare market, including data on the expenditures of various demographic categories and the types of services most frequently accessed by the Polish population.
• Section Six presents the most important legal acts regulating activity of insurance companies and companies that provide medical services. Taxation-related problems are also discussed. The major acts and their amendments (such as draft of the Act on Voluntary Additional Health Insurance, Act on Healthcare Facilities) are examined.
• Section Seven provides a compilation of basic data describing healthcare in Poland, including number of facilities, personnel and type of establishment as well as offer of insewance copmanies and private healthcare providers.

Report overview

Private healthcare market in Poland 2008 begins with a description of the private healthcare market in Poland, using various types of data, including:

• number of people who use private healthcare facilities
• market value and size; recent and projected growth patterns
• recent influential events and trends (2007-2008) and their effects on the market
• current and near future events and trends (2008-2010), including upcoming legal changes, and their projected influences on the market in the coming years.

The voluntary private health insurance industry in Poland is examined, with attention given to:

• the scope and size of voluntary private health insurance
• development prospects for the voluntary private health insurance sector for the years 2008-2010
• the major players and their offer.

The activities of major players in the private healthcare market in Poland provide valuable guidance for companies seeking to enter the market or modify their strategy to yield more successful results. This report supplies:

• profiles of the market's most active and successful participants
• data on their shares of the existing market
• analysis of their plans and strategies for the future.

Polish consumers have exhibited definite attitudes and preferences concerning the available private healthcare options and issues. Consumer data from the following categories is examined:

• people who use private healthcare - their demographic and social attributes, reasons for choosing the services and frequency with which they utilize private healthcare
• use of private healthcare, categorised by type of service, including: basic healthcare, specialists, dentists, ambulatory services, and long-term care services
• attitudes toward current and future healthcare issues such as privatisation, rising insurance contributions and co-payments, competition between payers and allowances for private treatment.

Economic trends are increasingly visible across the private healthcare market. This report discusses the economics, including:

• total expenditures on private healthcare services in Poland
• most popular services and attached expenditures.

Finally, Private healthcare market in Poland 2008 presents basic, comprehensive data regarding the healthcare industry in Poland, including:

• organisational statistics
• number of healthcare providers and personnel at work in the sector
• number and type of healthcare facilities and establishments
• private hospitals.

The information in Private healthcare market in Poland 2008 is especially useful to:

• private healthcare providers currently operating in Poland as well as those considering expansion into this growing marketplace
• insurance companies currently operating in Poland as well as those considering expansion into this growing marketplace
• companies that support private healthcare providers with products and services such as supplies and information technology
• investment funds
• consultants and analysts that provide advice and intelligence to governmental and business organizations and those seeking investment opportunities.