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Poland's fee-for-service healthcare model rewards procedures over patients' health
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Poland's fee-for-service healthcare model rewards procedures over patients' health

Dr Maria Libura, writing for Wirtualna Polska, argues that Poland's healthcare system — built on fee-for-service procedure pricing — incentivises doctors to maximise billable procedures rather than improve patient outcomes. The model rewards high invoicing and contract management over genuine healing. She asks whether a good doctor is one whose patients live longer and recover, or one who performs the most highly-priced procedures.

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