European Union Structural Funds as the Source of Financing Health Care Infrastructure Investments in Poland-A Longitudinal Analysis.

ABSTRACT: European Union (EU) structural funds aim at reducing economic and social disparities between the member states regions. The objectives of the study were to (1) provide a summary overview of all health related projects co-financed by EU structural funds in Poland between 2004 and 2020, (2) define the share of projects/funds devoted to infrastructure investments, and (3) assess the total value of EU structural funds' contribution to health care infrastructure investments in comparison to the national public budgets. Data on projects co-financed by EU structural funds covered all projects realized under three financial perspectives: 2004-2006; 2007-2013; 2014-2020. The extraction of "health-related" projects was done according to both the type priority under which the project was realized as

SUBMITTER: Dubas-Jakobczyk K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8989962 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature