Table 3 Primary health care visits
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 | |||
Outpatient consultations/visits | |||||||||||||
physicians | 142322.9 | 148283.8 | 149135.6 | 147264.9 | 150472.0 | 123529.3 | 112116.5 | NS | -17.9% | -9.2% | -25.5% | ||
nurses | n/d | 14308.5 | 13935.4 | 13552.7 | 13398.1 | 8883.4 | 10917.1 | 0.015 | -33.7% | 22.9% | -18.5% | ||
midwives | n/d | 1761.2 | 1805.0 | 1702.9 | 1764.9 | 1490.9 | 1706.0 | NS | -15.5% | 14.4% | -3.3% | ||
night and holiday physician care | 5587.4 | 5726.3 | 5302.6 | 5246.5 | 5135.5 | 2676.7 | 3077.2 | 0.046 | -47.9% | 15.0 | -40.1% | ||
Home visits | |||||||||||||
physicians | 1816.7 | 1836.8 | 1825.9 | 1685.1 | 1595.7 | 981.3 | 996.1 | 0.050 | -38.5% | 1.5 | -37.6% | ||
nurses | n/d | 7159.5 | 6852.2 | 6619.2 | 6176.6 | 4088.4 | 4121.8 | 0.008 | -33.8% | 0.8 | -33.3% | ||
midwives | n/d | 964.1 | 1060.3 | 958.0 | 926.5 | 738.3 | 708.6 | NS | -20.3% | -4.0% | -23.5% | ||
night and holiday physician care | 234.4 | 222.1 | 192.8 | 174.8 | 155.9 | 132.1 | 123.4 | 0.001 | -15.3% | -6.6% | -20.8% | ||