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PL 7.1.
Musculoskeletal disorder - their impact on work ability and societal costs in
Poland
Magdalena Wladysiuk, Ksenia Zhelthoukhova, Stephen Bevan, Mateusz Haldas
CEESTAHC - Central and Eastern European Society
of Technology Assessment in Health, Poland
Fundamental changes need to occur in the way
policy-makers, medical professionals, employers
and even individuals themselves approach
the management of long-term conditions. Fit for
work project was conducted in Poland in 2011 to
estimated social burden of MSD (musculoskeletal
disorders) and their on work ability (direct
and indirect cost).
Results: Musculoskeletal conditions incurred
costs of almost 330 million Euros in sickness absence
and another 470 million Euros in costs of
disability in 2009. Up to 874 million Euros were
spent on the welfare benefits of the work disabled
with only 38 million Euros put to preventative
rehabilitation. In 2010 total direct costs of
the conditions of musculoskeletal system added
up to 937 million Euros, of which only 223 Euros
were spent on preventative health care. The
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average age of the recipients of the rehabilitation
benefits in Poland was 46 years meaning that
increasingly more individuals of prime working
age require support for managing their longterm
conditions. At least 12 per cent of registered
unemployed people in Poland do not seek work
due to poor health condition.
The evidence presented in this report illustrates
that a large proportion of working age people in
oland are, or will be, directly affected by musculoskeletal
conditions (MSDs) in the coming
years. This an have very significant social and
economic consequences for these individuals
and their families, it can impede the productive
capacity of the total workforce and parts of
Polish industry, and it can raw heavily on the
resources of both the health system and the benefits
regime.