AUTHOR=Holecki Tomasz , Kowalska-Bobko Iwona , Fraczkiewicz-Wronka Aldona , Wegrzyn Maria 

TITLE=Realization of the EU's Cohesion Policy in Health Care in the Visegrad Group Countries in the Perspective 2014-2020

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00133

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2020.00133

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Initiatives related to leveling development differences in the field of health care recognized as a priority in the European Union. Therefore, when implementing the cohesion policy, decisions were made to mobilize structural funds for sectoral activities. The aim of the paper is to present the European Union's cohesion policy in the field of health care and to indicate the most important actions of implemented programs/projects in selected countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Hungary - the Visegrad Group – VG4 - in the perspective 2014-2020. The analysis covered programmes, funding sources, activities undertaken in achieving cohesion policy objectives in health care in the VG4.