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5.1.8.7 Conclusion
This type of rehabilitation agreement is different from the conventions 9.50 and 7.71. A
fixed yearly price is paid for multidisciplinary follow up of a very specific group of
patients, mostly in the chronic phase. This type of convention can be cumulated with
fees for sessions of rehabilitation treatment.
The same type of convention also exists for chronic fatigue syndrome, cerebral palsy
and spina bifida and chronic pain.
5.1.9 Evolution of the expenditures in musculoskeletal and neurological
rehabilitation
The expenditures for musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation are mainly
composed of the following components:
• Rehabilitation activities:
K-nomenclature: rehabilitation activities performed in
departments of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Rehabilitation activities performed in centres with a
convention 9.50
Rehabilitation activities performed in centres with a
convention 7.71
• Expenditures for transport convention
• Expenditures for reference centres (NMRC: convention 7892)
• Expenditures for mono disciplinary physical therapy (M-nomenclature)
and speech therapy (R-nomenclature)
• Expenditures for hospitalisation, limited to Sp-beds (S2 and S3).
Before analyzing the trends in the expenditure evolution for musculoskeletal and
neurological rehabilitation, a general overview of the Belgian healthcare budget is given.
This permits to look at the detailed expenditures from an accurate perspective.