Specialist thyroid package 1 (PS1) in outpatient endocrine care [Pakiet specjalistyczny dotyczący tarczycy (PS1) w ambulatoryjnej opiece endokrynologicznej].

The article presents the assumptions of a new specialist thyroid package (PS1) in outpatient specialist care in the field of endocrinology, which was introduced by the National Health Fund (NFZ - Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia) from January 2020. It became an impulse to characterize the current problems affecting specialist care in the field of endocrinology, search for their potential causes and propose strategies that are intended to contribute to increasing the efficiency of the system.