Table 10 Long-term care and palliative care services
From: How COVID-19 has changed the utilization of different health care services in Poland
Types of health services | N (thousands) | p-value& | % change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2015/2016–2019 | 2020/ 2019 | 2021/ 2020 | 2021/ 2019 | |||
Long-term care | |||||||||||||
Inpatient stays | n/d | 29.3 | 36.3 | 33.5 | 34.7 | 33.5 | 34.6 | NS | -3.6% | 3.4% | -0.3% | ||
Number of patients in stationary care | 40.7 | 40.7 | 43.7 | 42.7 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 44.6 | NS | -2.4% | 9.0% | 6.4% | ||
Number of patients in home care (team for mechanically ventilated patients) | 4.4 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 0.027 | 6.5% | 8.8% | 15.9% | ||
Number of patients in home care (long-term care nurse) | 63.7 | 60.1 | 65.2 | 62.0 | 60.8 | 59.4 | 60.6 | NS | -2.4% | 2.0% | -0.4% | ||
Palliative care | |||||||||||||
Inpatient stays | n/d | 36.3 | 38.1 | 40.7 | 39.3 | 32.5 | 34.1 | NS | -17.3% | 5.0 | -13.2% | ||
Number of patients in stationary care | 33.2 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 35.8 | 36.3 | 30.2 | 31.9 | 0.036 | -16.9% | 5.8 | -12.0% | ||
Number of patients in outpatient care | 14.2 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 10.0 | NS | -19.2% | -10.5% | -27.7% | ||
Number of patients in home care | 56.9 | 56.1 | 55.0 | 61.6 | 62.7 | 61.9 | 63.7 | NS | -1.3% | 2.9% | 1.6% | ||