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  • Medical Practice Variations
    • Why the "practice variations" ?
      • International variations
      • Variations by gender
      • Variations by age group
      • Geographical variations
      • Variations by social status
      • Variations by care category
      • Variations in trends over time
      • Variations in techniques used
      • What is the cause of these variations?
    • Overall context of practice variations
      • Methodology of the analyses
      • Patient analysis
      • Practice variations in Europe
    • Nervous system
      • Central nervous system
        • Electroencephalography
        • Cognitive evoked potentials
        • Motor evoked potentials
        • Somatosensory evoked potentials
        • Transfontanellar ultrasound
        • Head imaging (except angiography)
        • Brain SPECT
        • Stroke - Diagnosis and treatment planning
        • Stroke coordination - Care plan
        • Heavy surgery of cerebral lesions
      • Peripheral nervous system
        • Nerve conduction velocity
        • Carpal tunnel
      • Global functions
        • Neuropsychological evaluation
        • Polysomnography
    • Sensory system
      • Eyes
        • Visual field test
        • Refractometry
        • Ophthalmoscopy - Anterior segment
        • Ophthalmoscopy - Fundoscopy
        • Endothelial cell counting
        • Ocular biometrics
        • Ocular motility test
        • Ocular tonometry
        • Keratometry
        • Angiography of the retina
        • Visual evoked potentials
        • Blepharochalasis
        • Cataract surgery
        • Glaucoma surgery
        • Eye muscle surgery
        • Intravitreal injection
        • Vitrectomy
        • Retinal detachment
        • Panretinal photocoagulation
      • Ears
        • Tympanoscopy
        • Hearing tests
        • Vestibular tests
        • Middle ear drainage
        • Cochlear implant
    • Respiratory system
      • Upper respiratory tract
        • Rhinometry
        • Rhinoscopy
        • Voice function
        • Laryngoscopy
        • Sinus endoscopy
        • Removal of foreign bodies
        • Epistaxis
        • Internal rhinoplasty
        • Sinus surgery
        • Tonsillectomy-Adenoidectomy
      • Lower respiratory tract
        • Pulmonary function tests
        • Thoracic radiography
        • Thoracic CT-scan
        • Bronchoscopy
        • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
        • Pulmonary lobectomy
    • Digestive system
      • Mouth, jaw & teeth
        • Preventive dental care
        • Periodontal examination (18-55 years)
        • Periodontal index (DPSI)
        • Dental imaging
        • Filling of dental cavities
        • Preformed crowns
        • Endodontics
        • Dental extraction
        • Orthodontic treatment
        • Removable dental prosthesis
        • Frenectomy
        • Gingivectomy
        • Incision of abscess of dental origin
        • Surgery for paradental cysts
        • Oral osteitis curettage
        • Trepanation of jawbone
        • Osteotomy with displacement of jawbone
      • Gastrointestinal
        • Upper digestive endoscopy
        • Lower digestive endoscopy
        • Pediatric gastric tubing
        • Esophagectomy
        • Abdominal wall hernia surgery
        • Appendectomy
        • Colorectal polypectomy
        • Colectomy
        • Surgical management of hemorrhoids
        • Bariatric surgery
      • Hepatobiliary
        • Hepatobiliary ultrasound
        • Diagnostic and interventional procedures for the biliary tract
        • Cholecystectomy
        • Pancreatectomy
      • Unspecified
        • Digestive radiography
        • Abdominal CT scan
      • Global functions
        • Hydrogen breath test
        • Urea breath test
    • Cutaneous system
      • Allergy skin tests
      • Dermoscopy
      • UVA/UVB Phototherapy
      • Photodynamic therapy
      • Skin biopsy
      • Ingrown toenail surgery
      • Excision of dermal vegetations
      • Skin lesion removal
      • Removal of a deep foreign body
    • Urinary system
      • Renal failure (care pathway by GP)
      • Lump sums for incontinence
      • Urodynamic testing
      • Urinary Tract X-Ray
      • Diagnostic cystoscopy
      • Surgical treatment of urethral stenosis
      • Extraction of urolithiasis
      • Chronic dialysis
      • Kidney transplant
    • Men
      • PSA testing (men at risk 40 years and older)
      • Male urogenital ultrasound
      • Prostate biopsy
      • Circumcision
      • Vasectomy
      • Benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery
      • Radical prostatectomy
    • Women and pregnancy
      • Breast
        • Breast imaging
        • Breast cancer screening (40-49 years)
        • Breast cancer screening (50-74 years)
        • Breast reduction
        • Mammectomy
      • Genital system
        • Screening smear for cervical cancer (25-64 years)
        • High-risk HPV testing on a Pap test
        • Female urogenital ultrasound
        • Hysteroscopy
        • Tubal interventions
        • Cervical conization
        • Uterine curettage
        • Hysterectomy
      • Pregnancy & Childbirth
        • Cardiotocography
        • Presence of pediatrician at delivery
        • Caesarean section
    • Blood and immune system
      • HSV serological testing
      • HSV genetic testing
      • Transfusion monitoring
    • Cardiovascular system
      • Heart
        • Electrocardiogram (Outpatient)
        • Holter Monitor
        • Cardiac ultrasound
        • Non-invasive cardiac stress tests
        • Coronary imaging
        • Coronary angiography
        • Cardiac pressure measurement by catheterization
        • Cardiac electrophysiology
        • Pacemaker (1st implant)
        • Heart valve interventions
        • Myocardial reperfusion
      • Peripheral vessels
        • Carotid ultrasound
        • Carotid artery revascularization
        • Limb venography
        • Varicose surgery
        • Peripheral angioplasty
    • Musculoskeletal system
      • Head & Neck
        • Maxillofacial surgery
      • Spine
        • Spine Imaging
        • Spinal manipulation
        • Spine surgery
      • Upper limbs
        • Rotator Cuff Surgery
        • Shoulder prosthesis
        • Treatment of fractures (forearm)
        • Carpal tunnel
        • Rhizarthrose surgery
        • Trigger finger surgery
      • Lower limbs
        • Hip prosthesis
        • Meniscectomy (≥ 15 years)
        • Knee prosthesis
        • Treatment of fractures (ankle)
        • Forefoot surgery (hallux)
        • Forefoot surgery (claw and hammer toes)
      • Unspecified
        • Rheumatological evaluation
        • Bone densitometry (≥ 50 years)
        • Arthrography
      • Global functions
        • Rehabilitation plan
        • Electromyography
    • Endocrine system
      • Supervision of type 2 diabetes in 1st line
      • Thyroid ultrasound
      • Thyroidectomy
    • Cross-system services
      • Patient file's global management
      • Consultations and visits in general practice
      • Outpatient pediatric consultation
      • Admission to emergency room
      • Multidisciplinary Oncology Consultations - 1st meeting
      • Multidisciplinary Oncology Consultations - Patient information
      • Smoking cessation (initiation)
      • PET-Scan
      • Pediatric intravenous infusion
      • Insertion of a port-a-cath
    • News
  • Key data in healthcare
    • General hospitals
      • Introduction
      • Organisation of the hospital landscape
        • Types of hospitals
        • Categorisation of hospital activities
          • Types of hospitalisation services
          • Evolution of the number of accredited hospital beds
          • The geographical distribution of accredited hospital beds
        • Employment trends in the general hospital sector
      • Care activity within general hospitals
        • Hospital stays
          • Evolution of the number of stays / contacts
          • Number of hospital stays / contacts according to region
          • New hospital stays during the week
          • Age and gender of the patient
          • Average length of stay in classic hospitalisation
          • Emergency admission
          • The most frequent diagnoses in general hospitals
        • Nursing care within the general hospital
      • Financing of general hospitals
        • Financial Resources
        • Financial resources budget
        • Justified hospital beds
      • Quality
        • Positive developments in compliance with guidelines for hand hygiene.
        • Inappropriate use of antibiotics as a major cause of antibiotic resistance
        • Pay for performance
        • Medical imaging
        • Learn more about initiatives related to quality
      • Download the full report in PDF here
    • Mental Healthcare
      • Introduction
      • Mental Healthcare for adults
        • Organisation of the care offering for adults
          • Networks in mental healthcare for adults
          • Hospitals
          • Types of hospitalisation
        • Hospital activities in PH and PDGH for adults
          • Hospital stays
          • Duration of stay
          • Readmissions
          • Involuntary admissions
        • The most common primary diagnosis in PH and PDGH for adults
        • Patient flows in PH and PDGH
      • Mental Healthcare for children and young people
        • Organisation of the care offering for children and young people
          • Networks in mental healthcare for children and young people
          • Hospitals
          • Types of beds and places for residential and partial hospitalisation
        • Hospital activities in PH and PDGH for children and young people
          • Hospital stays
          • Duration of stay
          • Readmissions
          • Involuntary admissions
      • Initiatives regarding alternatives to hospitalisation
        • Decommissioning or freezing of beds
          • Mobile functions
          • Residential intensive treatment units HIC and IC
        • First-line psychological function (FLP)
      • Financing of psychiatric hospitals
      • Staff in psychiatric hospitals
      • Forensic care
        • Internment
        • Specialised care for young people with psychiatric problems who are subject to a court order (For K)
      • Care for addiction
        • Treatment Demand Indicator (TDI)
        • Substance abuse crisis units
        • "Drugs and detention" Pilot project
        • BelPEP (Belgian Psychotropics Experts Platform)
      • Download the full report in PDF here
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    • Urodynamic testing
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    • Diagnostic cystoscopy
    • Surgical treatment of urethral stenosis
    • Extraction of urolithiasis
    • Chronic dialysis
    • Kidney transplant
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  • For a Healthy Belgium
  • Health Status
    • COVID-19 Crisis
      • COVID-19 surveillance
      • COVID-19 mortality
      • COVID-19 impact
    • Life Expectancy and Quality of Life
      • Life expectancy
      • Quality of life
      • Health expectancy
    • Mortality and Causes of Death
      • Overall mortality
      • Overall mortality by cause
      • Premature mortality
      • Premature mortality by cause
      • Infant mortality
    • Non-Communicable Diseases
      • Overview
      • Cancer
      • Ischemic heart disease
      • Diabetes
    • Mental Health
      • Anxiety and depression
      • Suicidal behaviour
      • Psychotropic medicines
    • Communicable Diseases
      • Influenza and influenza-like illness
      • Tuberculosis
      • HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
    • Determinants of Health
      • Tobacco use
      • Alcohol use
      • Weight status
      • Physical activity
      • Nutritional habits
      • Health literacy
    • Health Inequalities
    • Factsheets
      • No evidence of stalling life expectancy in Belgium, 1997-2018
    • About the Health Status Report
      • Publications
      • Technical background
      • Interactive databases Sciensano
    • News
  • Health System Performance Assessment
    • Accessibility of healthcare
      • Financial accessibililty
      • Accessibility -Workforce
      • Accessibility in time
      • Geographic accessibility
    • Quality of healthcare
      • Effectiveness of care
      • Appropriateness of care
      • Safety of care
      • Continuity of care
      • Patient centerdness of care
    • Sustainability of the health system
    • Efficiency of healthcare
    • Equity and inequalities
    • Specific domains of care
      • Preventive care
      • Mental Health
      • Mother and newborn
      • Care for the elderly
      • End of life
    • News
  • Medical Practice Variations
    • Why the "practice variations" ?
      • International variations
      • Variations by gender
      • Variations by age group
      • Geographical variations
      • Variations by social status
      • Variations by care category
      • Variations in trends over time
      • Variations in techniques used
      • What is the cause of these variations?
    • Overall context of practice variations
      • Methodology of the analyses
      • Patient analysis
      • Practice variations in Europe
    • Nervous system
      • Central nervous system
        • Electroencephalography
        • Cognitive evoked potentials
        • Motor evoked potentials
        • Somatosensory evoked potentials
        • Transfontanellar ultrasound
        • Head imaging (except angiography)
        • Brain SPECT
        • Stroke - Diagnosis and treatment planning
        • Stroke coordination - Care plan
        • Heavy surgery of cerebral lesions
      • Peripheral nervous system
        • Nerve conduction velocity
        • Carpal tunnel
      • Global functions
        • Neuropsychological evaluation
        • Polysomnography
    • Sensory system
      • Eyes
        • Visual field test
        • Refractometry
        • Ophthalmoscopy - Anterior segment
        • Ophthalmoscopy - Fundoscopy
        • Endothelial cell counting
        • Ocular biometrics
        • Ocular motility test
        • Ocular tonometry
        • Keratometry
        • Angiography of the retina
        • Visual evoked potentials
        • Blepharochalasis
        • Cataract surgery
        • Glaucoma surgery
        • Eye muscle surgery
        • Intravitreal injection
        • Vitrectomy
        • Retinal detachment
        • Panretinal photocoagulation
      • Ears
        • Tympanoscopy
        • Hearing tests
        • Vestibular tests
        • Middle ear drainage
        • Cochlear implant
    • Respiratory system
      • Upper respiratory tract
        • Rhinometry
        • Rhinoscopy
        • Voice function
        • Laryngoscopy
        • Sinus endoscopy
        • Removal of foreign bodies
        • Epistaxis
        • Internal rhinoplasty
        • Sinus surgery
        • Tonsillectomy-Adenoidectomy
      • Lower respiratory tract
        • Pulmonary function tests
        • Thoracic radiography
        • Thoracic CT-scan
        • Bronchoscopy
        • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
        • Pulmonary lobectomy
    • Digestive system
      • Mouth, jaw & teeth
        • Preventive dental care
        • Periodontal examination (18-55 years)
        • Periodontal index (DPSI)
        • Dental imaging
        • Filling of dental cavities
        • Preformed crowns
        • Endodontics
        • Dental extraction
        • Orthodontic treatment
        • Removable dental prosthesis
        • Frenectomy
        • Gingivectomy
        • Incision of abscess of dental origin
        • Surgery for paradental cysts
        • Oral osteitis curettage
        • Trepanation of jawbone
        • Osteotomy with displacement of jawbone
      • Gastrointestinal
        • Upper digestive endoscopy
        • Lower digestive endoscopy
        • Pediatric gastric tubing
        • Esophagectomy
        • Abdominal wall hernia surgery
        • Appendectomy
        • Colorectal polypectomy
        • Colectomy
        • Surgical management of hemorrhoids
        • Bariatric surgery
      • Hepatobiliary
        • Hepatobiliary ultrasound
        • Diagnostic and interventional procedures for the biliary tract
        • Cholecystectomy
        • Pancreatectomy
      • Unspecified
        • Digestive radiography
        • Abdominal CT scan
      • Global functions
        • Hydrogen breath test
        • Urea breath test
    • Cutaneous system
      • Allergy skin tests
      • Dermoscopy
      • UVA/UVB Phototherapy
      • Photodynamic therapy
      • Skin biopsy
      • Ingrown toenail surgery
      • Excision of dermal vegetations
      • Skin lesion removal
      • Removal of a deep foreign body
    • Urinary system
      • Renal failure (care pathway by GP)
      • Lump sums for incontinence
      • Urodynamic testing
      • Urinary Tract X-Ray
      • Diagnostic cystoscopy
      • Surgical treatment of urethral stenosis
      • Extraction of urolithiasis
      • Chronic dialysis
      • Kidney transplant
    • Men
      • PSA testing (men at risk 40 years and older)
      • Male urogenital ultrasound
      • Prostate biopsy
      • Circumcision
      • Vasectomy
      • Benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery
      • Radical prostatectomy
    • Women and pregnancy
      • Breast
        • Breast imaging
        • Breast cancer screening (40-49 years)
        • Breast cancer screening (50-74 years)
        • Breast reduction
        • Mammectomy
      • Genital system
        • Screening smear for cervical cancer (25-64 years)
        • High-risk HPV testing on a Pap test
        • Female urogenital ultrasound
        • Hysteroscopy
        • Tubal interventions
        • Cervical conization
        • Uterine curettage
        • Hysterectomy
      • Pregnancy & Childbirth
        • Cardiotocography
        • Presence of pediatrician at delivery
        • Caesarean section
    • Blood and immune system
      • HSV serological testing
      • HSV genetic testing
      • Transfusion monitoring
    • Cardiovascular system
      • Heart
        • Electrocardiogram (Outpatient)
        • Holter Monitor
        • Cardiac ultrasound
        • Non-invasive cardiac stress tests
        • Coronary imaging
        • Coronary angiography
        • Cardiac pressure measurement by catheterization
        • Cardiac electrophysiology
        • Pacemaker (1st implant)
        • Heart valve interventions
        • Myocardial reperfusion
      • Peripheral vessels
        • Carotid ultrasound
        • Carotid artery revascularization
        • Limb venography
        • Varicose surgery
        • Peripheral angioplasty
    • Musculoskeletal system
      • Head & Neck
        • Maxillofacial surgery
      • Spine
        • Spine Imaging
        • Spinal manipulation
        • Spine surgery
      • Upper limbs
        • Rotator Cuff Surgery
        • Shoulder prosthesis
        • Treatment of fractures (forearm)
        • Carpal tunnel
        • Rhizarthrose surgery
        • Trigger finger surgery
      • Lower limbs
        • Hip prosthesis
        • Meniscectomy (≥ 15 years)
        • Knee prosthesis
        • Treatment of fractures (ankle)
        • Forefoot surgery (hallux)
        • Forefoot surgery (claw and hammer toes)
      • Unspecified
        • Rheumatological evaluation
        • Bone densitometry (≥ 50 years)
        • Arthrography
      • Global functions
        • Rehabilitation plan
        • Electromyography
    • Endocrine system
      • Supervision of type 2 diabetes in 1st line
      • Thyroid ultrasound
      • Thyroidectomy
    • Cross-system services
      • Patient file's global management
      • Consultations and visits in general practice
      • Outpatient pediatric consultation
      • Admission to emergency room
      • Multidisciplinary Oncology Consultations - 1st meeting
      • Multidisciplinary Oncology Consultations - Patient information
      • Smoking cessation (initiation)
      • PET-Scan
      • Pediatric intravenous infusion
      • Insertion of a port-a-cath
    • News
  • Key data in healthcare
    • General hospitals
      • Introduction
      • Organisation of the hospital landscape
        • Types of hospitals
        • Categorisation of hospital activities
          • Types of hospitalisation services
          • Evolution of the number of accredited hospital beds
          • The geographical distribution of accredited hospital beds
        • Employment trends in the general hospital sector
      • Care activity within general hospitals
        • Hospital stays
          • Evolution of the number of stays / contacts
          • Number of hospital stays / contacts according to region
          • New hospital stays during the week
          • Age and gender of the patient
          • Average length of stay in classic hospitalisation
          • Emergency admission
          • The most frequent diagnoses in general hospitals
        • Nursing care within the general hospital
      • Financing of general hospitals
        • Financial Resources
        • Financial resources budget
        • Justified hospital beds
      • Quality
        • Positive developments in compliance with guidelines for hand hygiene.
        • Inappropriate use of antibiotics as a major cause of antibiotic resistance
        • Pay for performance
        • Medical imaging
        • Learn more about initiatives related to quality
      • Download the full report in PDF here
    • Mental Healthcare
      • Introduction
      • Mental Healthcare for adults
        • Organisation of the care offering for adults
          • Networks in mental healthcare for adults
          • Hospitals
          • Types of hospitalisation
        • Hospital activities in PH and PDGH for adults
          • Hospital stays
          • Duration of stay
          • Readmissions
          • Involuntary admissions
        • The most common primary diagnosis in PH and PDGH for adults
        • Patient flows in PH and PDGH
      • Mental Healthcare for children and young people
        • Organisation of the care offering for children and young people
          • Networks in mental healthcare for children and young people
          • Hospitals
          • Types of beds and places for residential and partial hospitalisation
        • Hospital activities in PH and PDGH for children and young people
          • Hospital stays
          • Duration of stay
          • Readmissions
          • Involuntary admissions
      • Initiatives regarding alternatives to hospitalisation
        • Decommissioning or freezing of beds
          • Mobile functions
          • Residential intensive treatment units HIC and IC
        • First-line psychological function (FLP)
      • Financing of psychiatric hospitals
      • Staff in psychiatric hospitals
      • Forensic care
        • Internment
        • Specialised care for young people with psychiatric problems who are subject to a court order (For K)
      • Care for addiction
        • Treatment Demand Indicator (TDI)
        • Substance abuse crisis units
        • "Drugs and detention" Pilot project
        • BelPEP (Belgian Psychotropics Experts Platform)
      • Download the full report in PDF here
    • News
  • HiT
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