Badanie regionalnych zróżnicowań stanu zdrowia społeczeństwa i infrastruktury sektora ochrony zdrowia w Polsce w świetle założeń polityki zdrowotnej

In this study of the relationship between the state of health of the population and the level of infrastructure in the regional perspective Spearman coefficient was used. Factors analyzed included mortality rates due to diseases of civilization, average life expectancy in relation to, for example, the number of employed medical staff and the number of outpatient counseling. The highest correlation is observed in case of (a) infant mortality and the number of employed medical staff, (b) mortality due to external causes (including accidents) and the number of rescue teams to one resident. Thus it can be concluded that there are correlations between health and certain aspects of physical and social infrastructure.