REGIONAL AND AGE DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION OF THE OUTPATIENT CARE PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES FOR HIGH INCIDENCE TRAUMATIC INJURIES

Author(s)

Molics B1, Sebestyen A2, Kránicz J1, Schmidt B3, Nőt L1, Vámhidy L1, Cs. Horváth Z4, Varga S1, Gresz M5, Boncz I11University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 2Baranya County Health Insurance Fund, Pécs, Hungary, 3University of Pécs, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, 4National Institute for Quality- and Organizational Development in Healthcare and Medicines, Pécs, Hungary, 5National Institute for Quality- and Organizational Development in Healthcare and Medicines, Budapest, Hungary

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the most frequent outpatient care physiotherapy services provided for trauma patients, based on age and regional distribution. METHODS: Data were derived from the countrywide database of Hungarian Health Insurance Administration (HHIA), based on official reports of outpatient care institutes. The 151 different types of treatment codes are listed in the chapter of the Guidelines of HHIA for `Physiotherapists, massage-therapists, conductors and other physiotherapy practices`. Of the physiotherapeutic services provided for trauma patients, the knee and lower leg injuries (ICD code S80-89) occurred with the highest incidence. Data collected from the year 2008 were further analyzed based on the distribution among the 7 different Hungarian regions and based on age distribution, set to 5 years intervals. RESULTS: The total number of the provided 151 different types WHO-classified physiotherapy services was 29045736 in the year of 2008; 3188650 of them with the ICD code group S00-S99 with the highest incidence: 713898 of services for knee and lower leg injuries  (S80–S89). The highest number of physiotherapy treatment in total of 86048 cases was provided for patients in the age group 30 to 34, followed by age group of 35 to 39 with 77903 cases. The average number of cases was 71.17/1000 persons. Injuries related treatments occurred with the highest incidence in the Central-Hungarian region (81.07 cases/1000 population) and with the lowest incidence in the Western-Transdanubian region (62.52 cases/1000 population). CONCLUSIONS: In case of the traumatic injuries, the highest demand of the outpatient care physiotherapy services occurred for knee and lower leg injured patients. The differences of the incidences (calculated per 1000 persons) in the regional distributions require further studies.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2012-11, ISPOR Europe 2012, Berlin, Germany

Value in Health, Vol. 15, No. 7 (November 2012)

Code

PHS9

Topic

Epidemiology & Public Health

Disease

Musculoskeletal Disorders

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