Hepatobiliary ultrasound - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: Radiology	60.41%
Main prescribers: Not applicable	-
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	62,377
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	544.06
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2019	9,3%
Percentage of outpatient care	78.07%
POPULATION
Median age	58 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.28
Percentage of women	55.88%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.43
TRENDS
Trend 2011-2021	-3.84%
Trend 2011-2019	-2.98%
Trend 2019-2021	-7.24%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2011-2013	44.97
Coefficient of variation 2019-2021	29.85
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	1.44
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	3.84
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	1,575,209 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	0.14 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	1.43
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	3.87
Average cost of interventions	25.25 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
460154 460165	Echographie bidimensionnelle avec protocole écrit et support iconographique issu d'un traitement digital des données, quel que soit le nombre d'échogrammes_De l'abdomen : Le foie et/ou la vésicule biliaire et/ou les voies biliaires	01-06-1991
461974 461985	Élastographie du foie	01-08-2021
461996 462000	Échographie du foie et/ou de la vésicule biliaire et/ou des voies biliaires, complétée par une élastographie du foie	01-08-2021
469416 469420	Echographie bidimensionnelle avec protocole écrit et support iconographique issu d'un traitement digital des données quel que soit le nombre d'échogrammes - De l'abdomen : Le foie et/ou la vésicule biliaire et/ou les voies biliaires	01-04-2003
469976 469980	Élastographie du foie	01-08-2021
469991 470002	Échographie du foie et/ou de la vésicule biliaire et/ou des voies biliaires, complétée par une élastographie du foie	01-08-2021

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2021

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