[The significance and role of medical information in decision-making in health care].
The resolving of medical problems and medical decision making can not be imagined without information which have to be qualitative, on time and correct. These information, in essence, are high grade material that come from different sources. Health, respectively medical information are generated within health system as the result of every day doctors' activities. The most frequent sources of medical information are: medical documentation, reports about the work of medical staff, reviews, registers, reports about demographic and vital statistics, reports about medical activities etc. In the article we describe classification of medical information, and their most important characteristics, as the relevance and value of medical information. We emphasize the economic aspect of medical information as well.