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Table 6 Hospital 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

Inpatient stays

10498.3

10102.3

10235.3

10261.0

10133.2

7617.9

8088.8

 

NS

 

-24.8%

6.2

-20.2%

Arthroplasty of the joint$

n/d

71.0

85.4

88.1

92.8

69.5

84.2

 

NS

 

-25.1%

21.1%

-9.3%

Primary total hip arthroplasty

n/d

36.7

43.6

44.5

47.0

34.9

43.1

 

NS

 

-25.7%

23.3%

-8.3%

Primary total knee arthroplasty

n/d

18.9

24.7

26.7

29.3

20.7

25.3

 

0.031

 

-29.3%

22.2%

-13.6%

Cataract surgeries

n/d

245.4

301.1

309.9

355.6

233.7

297.6

 

0.031

 

-34.3%

27.3%

-16.3%

  1. n/d– no data
  2. &p-value for linear trend
  3. NS– Not Significant, p>0.05
  4. $– hip, knee, elbow, shoulder or another / primary and revision / total and partial