All medical service providers and hospitals in Poland are associated to the Polish Minister of Health, which provides oversight and scrutiny of general medical practice as well as being responsible for the routine administration of the health care system. In addition to these roles, the ministry is also tasked with the maintenance of standards of hygiene and patient care. Hospitals in Poland are organized according to the regional administrative structure; therefore most towns have their own hospital. Larger and more specialized medical clinics tend only to be found in larger cities, with some even more specialized units located only in the capital, Warsaw. However, all states have their own general hospital (most have more than one), all of which are obliged to have a trauma center; these types of hospital, which are able to deal with almost all medical problems are called 'regional hospitals'. The last category of hospital in Poland is that of specialized medical centers, an example of which would be the Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology, Poland's leading, and most highly specialized center for the research and treatment of cancer. In 2012, the Polish health care industry experienced a
All medical service providers and hospitals in Poland are associated to the Polish Minister of Health, which provides oversight and scrutiny of general medical practice as well as being responsible for the routine administration of the health care system. In addition to these roles, the ministry is also tasked with the maintenance of standards of hygiene and patient care. Hospitals in Poland are organized according to the regional administrative structure; therefore most towns have their own hospital. Larger and more specialized medical clinics tend only to be found in larger cities, with some even more specialized units located only in the capital, Warsaw. However, all states have their own general hospital (most have more than one), all of which are obliged to have a trauma center; these types of hospital, which are able to deal with almost all medical problems are called 'regional hospitals'. The last category of hospital in Poland is that of specialized medical centers, an example of which would be the Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology, Poland's leading, and most highly specialized center for the research and treatment of cancer. In 2012, the Polish health care industry experienced a