[Incidence of diabetes from the perspective of social security benefits]

The article analyzes the development of the activity of Medical Assessment Service for people with diabetes mellitus for selected assessment categories in the assessment of health conditions from 2012 to 2016. The assessment criteria for assessing disability, the degree of dependency for care allowance and the health status for grant for special aid, and certificate of person with disability are set out in the legislation. The incidence of disability for diabetes declined by 13 % between 2012 and 2016 and by 10 % for the degree of dependency for care allowance. The assessment for grant for special aid increased by 57 %, for grant in the case when the aid is a "vehicle" decreased by 8 %. Most importantly increased assessing for certificate of person with disability by 150 %. The epidemic of diabetes in the population is not reflected in the incidence of disability and the degree of dependence. Both of these assessment categories were decreased, in spite of the fact that there account for almost 70 % of the whole assessment activity. The assessment for grant for special aid, and certificate of person with disability was increased. The cause may be due to incorrect statistical reporting, not up to date expert medical criteria, or poor patient awareness.