Ocena wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na realizację świadczeń rehabilitacyjnych finansowanych przez NFZ w Polsce w 2020 r.
Assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the realization of rehabilitation services financed by NFZ in Poland in 2020

Summary/Abstract: The National Health Fund finances rehabilitation services contracted in two scopes, therapeutic rehabilitation and health resort treatment. The aim of the study is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the realization of rehabilitation services financed by the National Health Fund in Poland in 2020 compared to the previous years (2016–2019). The paper also discusses the implementation of successive regulations regarding rehabilitation during COVID-19 pandemic in Poland in 2020. Based on the analysis, it was shown that the number of patients who benefited from rehabilitation services in Poland financed by the National Health Fund decreased by 17% in the case of services in the field of therapeutic rehabilitation in 2020 compared to 2019 (the largest decrease, amounting to 80%, was observed in the case of pulmonary rehabilitation provided in the conditions of a day center or ward) and by 50% in the case of health resort treatment services.

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