UTILIZATION INDICATORS OF THERAPY SERVICES BY SPECIALITY (NUMBER OF PATIENTS AND VISITS) IN HUNGARIAN HOME CARE
Author(s)
Molics B1, Simon-Ugron Á2, Mihajlovic I3, Gyuró M1, Varga V1, Endrei D1, Rátgéber L4, Ács P1, Horváth L1, Boncz I1
1University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary, 2Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoc, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 3University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 4Ratgeber Academia, Pécs, Hungary
OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of our study was to analyze the therapy services by speciality focusing the number of patients and visits in Hungarian home care. METHODS: Our data came from the database of the National Health Insurance Fund, as the single health financing agency, which was queried through the Central Statistics Office. The period examined was the year of 2013. The following indicators were analyzed: number of visits, type of visits, number of patients, visit per case. RESULTS: The total number of patients in home care amounted to 59.072, the number of visits amounted to 1.298.834 in 2013. Within home care, the number of patients managed by specialized therapeutic service accounted for 31.739 (53.7%). Within this service, the number of patients treated by physiotherapy amounted to 27.228 (46.1%). The number of patients managed by physicotherapy accounted for 4.340 (7.3%), and that of treated by speech therapy amounted was 171 (0.3%). The total number of visits to therapy services by speciality was 532.205 (40.98%). Within these services, physiotherapy amounted to 462.759 (35.6%), physicotherapy accounted for 65.656 (5.0%) and speech therapy amounted to 3.881 (0.3%) visits. The number of visits per case in physiotherapy was 16.99, in physicotherapy, it was 15.1, and in speech therapy, it was 22.7 visits per case. CONCLUSIONS: Within home care, therapy services by speciality play an essential role in the health care of Hungary, among which the request of physiotherapy is extremely high. The number of patients and visits justifies the need of this type of service, currently maximized centrally, to receive more support.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2017-05, ISPOR 2017, Boston, MA, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 20, No. 5 (May 2017)
Code
PMS79
Topic
Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Health Care Research
Disease
Musculoskeletal Disorders