Out-of-court models of compensating medical injuries in Poland
Department of Law and Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
MedRisk Centre for Medical Risk Management, Toruń, Poland
Department of Electroradiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
The Polish legal system has limited experience in developing out-of-court models of compensating medical injuries. This situation began to change gradually in the second decade of the 21st century with the introduction of the so-called regional commissions for medical events in Polish law. The new solutions allowed people to claim compensation and redress for so-called medical events without the need to go to court. These legal changes, along with rapid economic and social development and a new approach to the role of the state, led to the introduction in Polish law of the so-called compensation funds, including the Vaccination Compensation Fund, the Clinical Trials Compensation Fund, and the Medical Event Compensation Fund. Each fund was created under different circumstances and serves a distinct purpose, and Poland has not yet established a single, unified model for compensating medical injury. The purpose of this article is to examine how these funds operate.
Keywords
medical injuries, compensation funds, no-fault compensation, patient rights, medical events
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