Transfontanellar ultrasound - For a Healthy Belgium

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PROVIDERS & PRESCRIBERS
Main healthcare providers: Radiology	63.37%
Main prescribers: Paediatrics	42.02%
RATE OF USE
Average number of interventions (per year)	14,485
Standardised rate of use (per 100,000 insured persons)	125.08
≥ 2 occurences per patient 2021	23.73%
Percentage of outpatient care	24.88%
POPULATION
Median age	0 years
Max/min ratio of the median age (by district)	NA
Percentage of women	50.40%
Ratio Preferential scheme/General scheme	0.99
TRENDS
Trend 2012-2022	0.98%
Trend 2012-2019	0.18%
Trend 2019-2022	2.87%
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
Coefficient of variation 2012-2014	41.84
Coefficient of variation 2020-2022	42.63
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by region)	5.05
Max/min ratio of number of interventions (per 100,000 insured persons, by district)	10.09
DIRECT EXPENDITURE
Average annual expenditure	512,855 €
Average annual expenditure per insured person	0.04 €
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person (by region)	5.13
Max/min ratio of expenditure per insured person(by district)	10.22
Average cost of interventions	35.41 €

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CODES	LABEL	CREATION	DELETION
460051 460062	Echographie bidimensionnelle avec protocole écrit et support iconographique issu d'un traitement digital des données quel que soit le nombre d'échogrammes : Transfontanellaire du contenu du crâne	01-06-1991
469313 469324	Echographie bidimensionnelle avec protocole écrit et support iconographique issu d'un traitement digital des données quel que soit le nombre d'échogrammes : Transfontanellaire du contenu du crâne	01-04-2003