Модели и правовое регулирование здравоохранения в Польше и Италии

Goal – the paper assessed (main objective) the assumptions of the selected models and legislation regulating health care in the studied countries and examined their impact on the implementation of the constitutional guarantee of access to health services (specific objective). Research methodology – the descriptive method was mainly used, with elements of system‑legal and formal‑legal analysis, as well as cause‑and-effect analysis. Score/results – main hypothesis was negatively verified (the assumptions of adopted models of health care in Poland and Italy lead to the improvement of constitutional guarantee of access to health services), while the specific one was positively verified (adopted conditions have a significant impact on the functioning of health care in Italy and Poland, in particular during the COVID‑19 pandemic). Originality/value – organise and systematise the healthcare reality described.