Heart valve interventions - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: General surgery	75.72%
Main prescribers: Not applicable	-
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	5,862
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	51.13
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2019	3,6%
Percentage of outpatient care	0.19%
POPULATION
Median age	74 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.16
Percentage of women	40.58%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.14
TRENDS
Trend 2011-2021	-0.37%
Trend 2011-2019	0.30%
Trend 2019-2021	-3.01%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2011-2013	18.13
Coefficient of variation 2019-2021	18.07
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	1.12
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	3.08
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	17,790,575 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	1.55 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	1.11
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	3.46
Average cost of interventions	3,034.90 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
229051 229062	Valvulotomies, commissurotomies instrumentales ou digitales	01-04-1985
229515 229526	Opération sur le coeur ou les gros vaisseaux intrathoraciques qui comporte le placement de plus d'une valve artificielle ou d'une homogreffe valvulaire, ou d'une valve artificielle associée à une revascularisation myocardique, avec circulation extracorporelle	01-07-1986
229596 229600	Opération sur le coeur ou les gros vaisseaux intrathoraciques qui comporte la plastie ou la mise en place d'une valve artificielle, avec circulation extracorporelle	01-09-1996
589190 589201	Plastie endovasculaire percutanée de la valve aortique, d'une malformation congénitale de l'aorte, de la valve pulmonaire, de la valve mitrale, de la valve tricuspide ou fulguration d'une valve, y compris les manipulations et contrôles pendant le traitement et les cathéters utilisés, à l'exclusion du ou des cathéter(s) de dilatation et des produits pharmaceutiques et de contraste, maximum par séance opératoire	01-01-1991

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