Kontrola zasadności pobierania świadczeń w razie choroby i macierzyństwa w polskim systemie ubezpieczeń społecznych w latach 2005–2013
The inspection of legitimate receiving of benefits in case of sickness and maternity in the Polish social insurance system in the years 2005–2013

Summary/Abstract: The article presents issues associated with inspection provided as a part of sickness insurance in the Polish social insurance system. Discussed problems are focused on subjects authorized to inspection and on inspection of proper adjudication about incapacity for work and the use of medical leaves. The analysis of the functioning of inspection, presented in this article, covers the years 2005–2013. The observation that in the considered period of time an increase of inspection activities with the simultaneous increase of questioned amounts, as a result of benefits inspections, occurred, belongs to the most important results that arise from this analysis. It must be emphasized that the results of inspection activity, in respect to general amounts of benefits paid from sickness fund or general number of medical leaves, are not important. With an overall evaluation of the functioning of inspection system, it allows to make a conclusion that its nature cannot be reduced only to detect incorrectness’, but it constitutes some kind of prevention for them not to occur.

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