ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to analyse the frequency hospitalisation in Mazowian voivodeship by sex, age, place of residence (urban-rural), and major causes of hospitalisation in the first year of the new health care system in compare with the period 1991-1996. Data used in the study covered a 10% sample of hospitalised persons discharged or deceased in hospitals operating under Ministry of Health or Polish State Railways. The outcome measures were age-standardised hospital discharge rates. Obtained results showed a systematic increase of the discharge rates between 1991 and 1999 of both men and women. It was found that frequency of hospitalisation in urban areas was higher then in rural ones and that the difference was remarkable increasing in 1999.
