Cataract surgery, one eye — Poland: What it costs and how long people wait

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Poland: 37 days — median of reported average waiting time; 247 providers, patients who were treated (2026-09). Source: Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=253

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Official wait

37 days — median of reported average waiting time; 247 providers, patients who were treated

Source: NFZ · Source period: September 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14 · n=253 observations

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Scope: Poland. Population: patients who were treated. Reported statistic: average waiting time. Unweighted median of provider statistics; sites per provider are consolidated first. This is not a patient-level national average or median.

n=253 eligible observations; 247 providers. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Routine NFZ benefit cohort; revisions, technique and episode inclusions are not isolated. Provider-reported mean for patients removed after treatment; excludes current waiting-list age and first available date.

Distribution across published observations, not patients: min 1 / p25 22 / median 37 / p75 59.5 / max 406 days; n=247.

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37 daysTypical hospital range (middle 50%): 22–59.5 daysAverage wait at a typical public hospital (completed patients across 247 hospitals)Each public hospital reports its average wait; this is the middle (median) hospital across 247 reporting facilities in 2026-09.Period: 2026-09Source: Poland National Health Fund (NFZ)

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What waiting time has been reported? (Poland; average waiting time; 2026-09; Poland National Health Fund (NFZ))

37 days — median of reported average waiting time; 247 providers, patients who were treated. Source period: 2026-09. Captured: 2026-10-14. n=253. Source: https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI+W+ZAKRESIE+SOCZEWKI+%28ZA%C4%86MA%29&limit=25&format=json, https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=2&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=3&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=4&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=5&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=6&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=7&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=8&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=9&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=10&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA), https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=11&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA). Routine NFZ benefit cohort; revisions, technique and episode inclusions are not isolated. Provider-reported mean for patients removed after treatment; excludes current waiting-list age and first available date.

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@misc{carefare_health_index__index_cataract_1eye_poland,
  author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
  title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Cataract surgery, one eye — Poland: What it costs and how long people wait},
  publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
  version = {1},
  date = {2026-10-15},
  url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/cataract-1eye/poland},
  urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
  note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}

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CareFare Global Health Index — append-only errata — https://carefareglobal.com/api/index/v1/errata.jsonl
Source periods: 2026-10-15. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI+W+ZAKRESIE+SOCZEWKI+%28ZA%C4%86MA%29&limit=25&format=json
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=10&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=11&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=2&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=3&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=4&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=5&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=6&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=7&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=8&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Poland National Health Fund (NFZ) — https://api.nfz.gov.pl/app-itl-api/queues?page=9&limit=25&format=json&case=1&benefit=ZABIEGI%20W%20ZAKRESIE%20SOCZEWKI%20(ZA%C4%86MA)
Source periods: 2026-09. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.

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Cataract surgery, one eye — Poland: What it costs and how long people wait

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