Territorial differentiation of physiotherapy practices in Poland

Background: Probably due to an oversight in the preparation phase of the legislative process, the Act on the Profession of Physiotherapy limited the possibility of conducting business activity only to medical entities. Separate regulations were introduced to allow physiotherapists to work as individual and group practitioners. Now it seems appropriate to assess how physiotherapy practices are structured in Poland. Aims: This study aimed to perform a quantitative and qualitative analysis of physiotherapy practices in Poland, taking into account factors such as the distribution across all regions of the country, type of practice, physiotherapists’ age and education and city size. Material and methods: The results and analyses presented in this report were based on statistical data taken from the official stati stics of the Polish National Chamber of Physiotherapists. Results: At the end of the 1st quarter of 2020, there were over 11,000 registered individual physiotherapy