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Aim. The aim of this publication is to analyze the organizational units of mental healthcare for adults based on the data on the services reported to the National Health Fund in 2010--2016. Method. The following organizational forms of care were analyzed: mental health outpatient clinics, general psychiatric wards, general day care psychiatric wards, community mental health teams, and psychiatric emergency rooms. These organizational units were analyzed in terms of their number, utilization and accessibility. In addition, a preliminary simulation of the expected Mental Health Centers was carried out. Results. In Poland, in 2010--2016, the number of mental health service providers under contracts with the National Health Fund increased by 5%. The most robust growth was observed for community mental health teams, whose number increased by 282%. However, this organizational form was used by a marginal (1.9%) percentage of patients. The highest rate of admission to general psychiatric wards was observed in districts where a general psychiatric ward and a mental health clinic were available with no day care psychiatric wards or community mental health teams. A small number of entities providing comprehensive care was in operation in 2016. The preliminary simulation has shown that in 2016 a total of 156 Mental Health Centers should have been in operation, assuming that each of them would have provided care for 200,000 inhabitants. Conclusions. It would be advisable to analyze the exact geographic distribution of units, human resources in individual organizational units, and to take financial outlays for mental healthcare in their various forms into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim. Analyzing the indices that allow to improve population health by, for example, improving the quality of healthcare services and increasing accessibility to these services is among the priorities of the World Health Organization (WHO). This is of particular importance in Poland, as the psychiatric care reform is being carried out in accordance with the National Mental Healthcare Program guidelines. The aim of the study is to analyze mental health services provided to adults and reported to the National Health Fund in 2010-2014. Methods. In the present study, we expanded the information included in the second part of the maps of health needs. In addition to the evaluation of services provided to adults in 2014, we presented an analysis of services in 2010-2014. According to these data, there was a continuous increase both in the number of individuals provided with services for psychiatric disorders and in the total number of provided services. There was an increase in the number of patients treated for mood disorders, neurotic disorders, stress-related and somatic disorders, as well as addictions. Results. The increase in the total number of services was mainly seen for outpatient types of care. The reasons why in 2014 there was a resurgence in psychiatric hospitalizations and in the hospitalization rate per 100 thousand adults remains unclear. Conclusions. Our results indicate the need for further support of the development of psychiatric care using multidirectional efforts within an integrated model for solving health problems. An overall analysis of services provided in psychiatric care requires access to information on services funded from non-public sources and expanding the reported information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]