Možnosti testiranja in predpisovanja invalidskih vozičkov

Wheelchairs are one of the most common types of durable medical equipment. It is important to involve an interdisciplinary team in the decision-making process, at least for the most complex wheelchair and seating components. The published literature guiding clinicians’ ability to make rational choices about what wheelchair to recommend are scarce. Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia benefits to their insured persons 14 different groups of wheelchairs. Testing and prescription of complex wheelchairs – so called tertiary wheelchairs, can be done only in University Rehabilitation Institute – Republic of Slovenia (URI-Soča) and in team. The rehabilitation team can be very effective and can improve the function and quality of life of their patients.Invalidski vozički so verjetno najpogosteje predpisovani medicinski pripomočki za daljšo uporabo. V proces odločanja je potrebno, vsaj pri najzahtevnejših invalidskih vozičkih, vključiti interdisciplinarni tim, ki ga sestavljajo različni rehabilitacijski strokovnjaki. Literature, ki jo imamo na voljo in ki bi pomagala pri izbiri ustreznega vozička, je malo. Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije (ZZZS) omogoča slovenskim zavarovancem predpisovanje 14 različnih skupin invalidskih vozičkov. Predpisovanje in testiranje zahtevnejših invalidskih vozičkov – vozičkov terciarnega nivoja, poteka le na Univerzitetnem rehabilitacijskem inštitutu Republike Slovenije – Soča (URI-Soča) in je timsko. Tak tim je lahko zelo učinkovit ter omogoča boljše funkcioniranje in kakovost življenja pacientom