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Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE

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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy 77<br />

Key points<br />

• In Belgium, there are ten civil and two military centres with a hyperbaric<br />

chamber.<br />

• According to data from these centres, more than 2 000 patients were<br />

treated in 2006 and more than 16 000 sessions were given.<br />

• For less than 9% of all sessions, there was a partial reimbursement from<br />

health insurance.<br />

• The Belgian HBOT chambers are predominantly used for two indications:<br />

hearing disorders (32% of all treatment sessions) and radio induced<br />

lesions (30% of all sessions).<br />

• There is a large variation in patient mix from centre to centre.<br />

• The current fee-for-service codes leave room for a relatively broad<br />

interpretation. In daily practice, HBOT centres apply the codes in various<br />

ways.<br />

• On the condition that the hyperbaric chamber is efficiently run, HBOT<br />

can cost less than €100 per patient per session.<br />

• The major cost driver is the personnel cost. It is therefore more efficient<br />

to work fewer sessions per day with a higher occupancy rate than vice<br />

versa.<br />

• A 6-place and 12-place chamber can offer respectively 2 600 and 5 200<br />

patient treatment sessions per year (two sessions per day and 90%<br />

occupancy rate).<br />

• There is no capacity problem and geographic distribution seems<br />

sufficient.

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