The Impact of Public Health Interventions on the Frequency and Duration of Hospitalisations Among Seniors in Poland—An Analysis Covering the Years 2017–2018
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Monika Pajewska, Olga Partyka, Aleksandra Czerw, Dorota Charkiewicz, Łukasz Strzępek, Mateusz Curyło, Magdalena Zawadzka, Monika Urbaniak, Katarzyna Sygit, Sławomir Porada, Izabela Gąska, Elżbieta Kaczmar, Jarosław Drobnik, Piotr Pobrotyn, Dorota Waśko-Czopnik, Tomasz Sowiński · 2025
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Public health programs for older people aim to keep them out of hospital, yet their effect on how long seniors stay once admitted is murky. Katarzyna Kwiatkowska and co-authors compare program activity across Polish regions in this 2025 study with later hospital records for heart, digestive, and joint diseases.
Regions running more programs tended to see longer, not shorter, hospital stays for seniors. The link was strongest for programs that support medical services in joint disease. The authors read the pattern as a sign of deeper health needs being found and treated, not program failure, and they warn that region-level data cannot prove cause and effect.
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| CREATOR | Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Monika Pajewska, Olga Partyka, Aleksandra Czerw, Dorota Charkiewicz, Łukasz Strzępek, Mateusz Curyło, Magdalena Zawadzka, Monika Urbaniak, Katarzyna Sygit, Sławomir Porada, Izabela Gąska, Elżbieta Kaczmar, Jarosław Drobnik, Piotr Pobrotyn, Dorota Waśko-Czopnik, Tomasz Sowiński |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |