摘要

Authors' objectives: The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health is re-evaluating the reimbursement of long-term physiotherapy, defined as more than 36 physiotherapy sessions (4 bouts of 9 sessions each). This report aims to determine the feasibility of conducting a health technology assessment (HTA) of long-term physiotherapy in patients after stroke, with multiple sclerosis (MS), or with Parkinson’s disease (PD) based on clinical, economic, legal, social, ethical and organisational data identified during the scoping phase. The comparison of interest to the policy question is long-term physiotherapy compared to short-term physiotherapy. Supplementary comparisons between long-term physiotherapy and other comparators (i.e. placebo, sham, usual care and best possible care) were also sought.