The Watch Health Care Foundation has published the latest WHC Barometer, a report on access to guaranteed health services in Poland. The average waiting time of a patient for a comprehensive health service has increased compared to the previous year. For a visit to a specialist, on average, more than a month.
In fact, however, patients with their health problems have to wait at every stage, not only when they need a specialist consultation, but also for diagnostics and treatment/surgery. Effect? According to the foundation, in the case of heart valve replacement surgery, a total of 12.3 months pass from the visit to the primary care physician to the procedure, and from the visit to the primary care physician to the surgery to remove varicose veins of the lower limbs - over 2.5 years (30.8 months). .
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