Abdominal wall hernia surgery - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: General surgery	95.24%
Main prescribers: Not applicable	-
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	39,570
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	345.13
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2019	5,3%
Percentage of outpatient care	45.30%
POPULATION
Median age	59 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.24
Percentage of women	26.20%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.07
TRENDS
Trend 2011-2021	0.21%
Trend 2011-2019	1.36%
Trend 2019-2021	-4.22%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2011-2013	9.90
Coefficient of variation 2019-2021	14.82
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	1.13
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	1.90
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	15,928,973 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	1.39 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	1.20
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	1.89
Average cost of interventions	402.55 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
241054 241065	Traitement d'une éventration ou d'une hernie étranglée avec résection intestinale	01-04-1985	31-12-2011
241113 241124	Traitement opératoire d'une hernie étranglée sans résection intestinale	01-04-1985	31-12-2011
241135 241146	Traitement par laparotomie des hernies lombaires obturatrices ou ischiatiques	01-04-1985	31-12-2011
241150 241161	Traitement opératoire d'une hernie quelle que soit la technique utilisée	01-04-1985	31-12-2011
241312 241323	Cure d'une hernie étranglée ou non ou cure d'éventration	01-10-1995	31-12-2011
241334 241345	Cure d'une hernie inguinale bilatérale, étranglée ou non	01-10-1995	31-12-2011
241872 241883	Traitement chirurgical d'une hernie inguinale, fémorale ou obturatrice unilatérale	01-01-2012
241894 241905	Traitement chirurgical d'une hernie inguinale, fémorale ou obturatrice bilatérale	01-01-2012
241916 241920	Traitement chirurgical d'une hernie primaire de la paroi abdominale (en ce compris hernie ombilicale, hernie épigastrique, hernie spieghelienne ou hernie lombaire)	01-01-2012
241931 241942	Traitement chirurgical d'une hernie incisionnelle de la paroi abdominale (en ce compris récidive après traitement d'une hernie primaire de la paroi abdominale et hernies parastomales)	01-01-2012

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2021

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