Rhinometry - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: Otorhinolaryngology	99.43%
Main prescribers: Not applicable	-
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	51,436
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	444.16
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2021	33.56%
Percentage of outpatient care	99.35%
POPULATION
Median age	38 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	1.93
Percentage of women	50.99%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	1.28
TRENDS
Trend 2012-2022	-1.63%
Trend 2012-2019	2.79%
Trend 2019-2022	-11.22%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2012-2014	67.54
Coefficient of variation 2020-2022	59.51
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	3.22
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	13.17
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	1,677,745 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	0.14 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	3.36
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	11.91
Average cost of interventions	32.62 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
257913 257924	Etude rhinomanométrique de la perméabilité des deux fosses nasales avec mesure des débits et des pressions avec graphique et protocole	01-04-1985
257935 257946	Etude rhinomanométrique de la perméabilité des deux fosses nasales avec mesure des débits et des pressions suivie d'un ou plusieurs tests de provocation nasale par aérosols avec graphique et protocole	01-04-1985
258694 258705	Rhinométrie acoustique avec courbe et protocole et mesure de la surface de la section minimale de la fosse nasale (MCA, minimal cross sectional area) et du volume nasal en vue d'une intervention chirurgicale ou pour évaluer les résultats d'une intervention chirurgicale	01-10-2008