Pulmonary function tests - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: Pneumology	86.90%
Main prescribers: Not applicable	-
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	594,763
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	5,187.56
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2019	30,3%
Percentage of outpatient care	92.63%
POPULATION
Median age	60 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.22
Percentage of women	48.24%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.66
TRENDS
Trend 2011-2021	-0.41%
Trend 2011-2019	0.87%
Trend 2019-2021	-5.36%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2011-2013	19.89
Coefficient of variation 2019-2021	19.62
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	1.36
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	2.34
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	58,871,637 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	5.13 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	1.47
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	3.41
Average cost of interventions	98.98 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
114133	Spirométrie avec protocole, la courbe débit/volume, la courbe temps/volume et la détermination d'au moins les paramètres suivants en valeur absolue et en pourcentage de la valeur prédite : CVF, VEMS et VEMS/CVF	01-07-2007
114155	Spirométrie avec détermination de la réversibilité de l'obstruction des voies aériennes, y compris le protocole, la courbe débit/volume, la courbe temps/volume et la détermination d'au moins les paramètres suivants en valeur absolue et en pourcentage de la valeur prédite : CVF, VEMS et VEMS/CVF	01-07-2007
471251 471262	** Spirographie globale avec détermination du volume expiratoire maximum seconde	01-04-1985
471273 471284	** Spirographie avec épreuve de bronchodilatation	01-04-1985
471295 471306	** Spirographie avec épreuve pharmaco-dynamique, de provocation, suivie ou non de bronchodilatation	01-04-1985
471310 471321	** Détermination du volume résiduel	01-04-1985
471332 471343	** Détermination de l'inégalité de la ventilation, à l'exclusion de tout autre examen	01-04-1985	30-06-2014
471354 471365	** Mesure de la capacité de diffusion	01-04-1985
471376 471380	** Etude de la mécanique ventilatoire	01-04-1985

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