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Dupuytren’s Disease in France – 1831 to 2001 – From Description to Economic Burden

M. MARAVIC
P. LANDAIS

From the Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades (APHP), Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, Paris Cedex, France

Correspondence: Dr Milka Maravic, Md, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades (APHP), Service de Biostatistique et Informatique Médicale, 149 rue de Sévres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France. Tel. +33 1 44 49 46 13; fax: +33 1 44 49 43 10. E-mail: milka-maravic{at}noos.fr

We recorded all elective admissions for Dupuytren’s disease from the French National Hospital Database. We used the data from first hospitalizations to calculate the 2001 hospitalization rates for this condition and determine geographical differences between different regions of France. We also calculated the hospital costs of treating admissions with this disease. Fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty hospitalizations for Dupuytren’s disease were reported in France in 2001, of which 93% were for a first treatment. The disease was mostly present in men and was mostly managed by surgical fasciectomy. Most operations were carried out in private hospitals, with a mean stay of 2 days. Geographical differences were found in men only. The total hospital cost for all elective admissions was 14, 179, 998 Euros, indicating the considerable financial burden to the State of treating this condition.

Key Words: Dupuytren’s disease • epidemiology • cost • France

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 30, No. 5, 484-487 (2005)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.05.004
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