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5.1.3.4 Other payment systems
In addition to the financial arrangements for the different rehabilitation modalities, some
centres can benefit from other sources of income such as subsidies from the Regional
Funds (VFSIPH, AWIPH,…) and Institutions (VIPA, CRAC, COCOM), for example for
buildings.
VIPA (Vlaams Infrastructuurfonds voor Persoonsgebonden Aangelegenheden): Flemish
public institution. As a financing instrument VIPA provides financial support to welfare and
health provisions for infrastructural works in e.g. hospitals and elderly care institutions in
Flanders.
CRAC (Centre régional d'aide aux communes): Walloon public institution that supervises
financial issues of the municipalities and the hospitals in Wallonia.
COCOM (Commission communautaire commune): public institution of the region of
Brussels-capital, responsible for health policy and health institutions.
Moreover, specific products and materials (e.g. pharmaceuticals, devices,…) can be
reimbursed separately, both for hospitalised and for ambulatory patients.
5.1.3.5 Sources of data
All data concerning the different systems (descriptions and expenditures) were supplied by
the RIZIV/INAMI (National Institute of sickness and invalidity insurance) and the FOD
Volksgezondheid (Federal Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Organisation of Health Care Establishments).
5.1.4 Inventory of different rehabilitation services
5.1.4.1 Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Surprisingly there exists no central register of the departments of physical medicine and
rehabilitation. It is presumed that most of the acute/general hospitals in Belgium dispose of
such a department.
5.1.4.2 Rehabilitation centres with a convention (9.50 or 7.71)
In Figure 5.6 an overview is given of the geographical distribution of the 46 rehabilitation
centres with a 9.50 convention and the 7 rehabilitation centres with a 7.71 convention
mentioning:
• the number of 9.50 centres in each of the 10 Belgian provinces and
the Brussels region
• the different locations of the 7.71 centres
This inventory is based on data from RIZIV/INAMI.