REFORM AND PROBLEMS IN THE GERMAN NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (Problemy i reformy niemieckiego systemu opieki zdrowotnej)

This paper focuses on the German National Health Service (NHS), its various problems and ways of solving them. The main part contains the report of recently implemented changes in the German NHS enclosed in document titled 'Gesundheitsreform 2007'. The detailed analysis of the reform could be an inspiration and serve as an example for the reform in Polish NHS, which is inevitable due to demographic changes. Through this work the author would like to emphasize the quality and complexity of the reform that needs to be carried out in Polish NHS.