Project: Interventions with the common catalog of orthoprosthetic services and devices of the NHS

Orthoprosthetic services cover the medical devices, implantable or otherwise, whose purpose is to totally or partially substitute a bodily structure or to modify, correct or facilitate its function.

Their importance has both a medical (covers the needs of people with disabilities or need a malformation or deformity corrected) and social element (contributes to improving the quality of life and independence of the patient).
The purpose of this assistance provided by Tragsatec to the Ministry of Health, is to implement a Common Catalog of Orthoprosthetic Services, to set Maximum Amounts of Funding and to operationalize the Range of Orthoprosthetic Devices by the National Health System.
It creates a Common Catalog that includes surgical implants, external prostheses, wheelchairs, orthotics and special orthoprosthesis, which would be provided by the Health Services, endowing them with financial assistance, again according to the rules duly established by the competent health authorities.