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Acupuncture: State of affairs in Belgium / Tom De Gendt / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2011)
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Acupuncture: State of affairs in Belgium [printed text] / Tom De Gendt, Author ; Anja Desomer, Author ; Mieke Goossens, Author ; Germaine Hanquet, Author ; Christian Léonard, Author ; Dominique Roberfroid
, Author ; Raf Mertens
, Author ; Julien Piérart
, Author ; Jo Robays, Author ; Olivier Schmitz, Author ; Imgard Vinck
, Author ; Laurence Kohn
, Author ; Ann Van den Bruel, Author . - Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, 2011 . - VI, 110 p. : ill. ; A4. - (KCE Reports. Health Services Research (HSR); 153C) .
ISSN : D/2011/10.273/06 : 0,00
Study : 2009-50
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Indexation
2009-50 ; Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Belgium ; education ; legislation and jurisprudence ; Organisation and Administration ; Qualitative Research ; R153 ; statistics and numerical data [Subheading] ; Treatment outcome ; trends ; utilization
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WB 369 AcupunctureContents note: ABREVIATIONS 3 -- 1 INTRODUCTION 5 -- 1.1 BACKGROUND 5 -- 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 6 -- 1.3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 6 -- 1.3.1 Definition of acupuncture 6 -- 1.3.2 The Chinese origins of acupuncture 6 -- 1.3.3 Importing acupuncture into Europe 8 -- 1.3.4 Acupuncture between tradition and modernity 8 -- 1.3.5 The origins of acupuncture in Belgium 9 -- 2 EFFICACY AND ADVERSE EVENTS 10 -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION 10 -- 2.2 METHODS 10 -- 2.2.1 Databases and search terms 10 -- 2.2.2 Selection criteria 11 -- 2.2.3 Quality assessment 11 -- 2.2.4 Clinical relevance 11 -- 2.3 RESULTS 12 -- 2.3.1 Selected reports and papers 12 -- 2.3.2 Main findings on published effects 13 -- 2.3.3 Discussion and conclusions 19 -- 3 USE OF ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM 21 -- 3.1 SURVEY AMONG THE POPULATION 21 -- 3.1.1 Objective 21 -- 3.1.2 Methods 21 -- 3.1.3 The use of alternative medicines in general 22 -- 3.1.4 Use of acupuncture 23 -- 3.2 INSURANCE COVERAGE 24 -- 3.2.1 Objective 24 -- 3.2.2 Methods 24 -- 3.2.3 Results 24 -- 3.2.4 Discussion 25 -- 3.2.5 Conclusions 26 -- 3.3 SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS: USAGE AND PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM -- TODAY 26 -- 3.3.1 Scope of this section 26 -- 3.3.2 Material and methods 26 -- 3.3.3 The experience of users 28 -- 3.3.4 The practitioners 38 -- 4 THE PRACTICE 46 -- 4.1 OBJECTIVE 46 -- 4.2 METHODS 46 -- 4.3 RESULTS 46 -- 4.3.1 Response rate 46 -- 4.3.2 Baseline characteristics 47 -- 4.3.3 Training 47 -- 4.3.4 Practice 48 -- 4.3.5 Provider delay 50 -- 4.3.6 Workload and profile of patients 50 -- 4.3.7 Patient referral: 53 -- 4.3.8 Complaints for use of acupuncture 54 -- 4.3.9 Techniques used 55 -- 4.4 DISCUSSION 56 -- 5 ORGANISATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS 57 -- 5.1 BELGIAN AND EUROPEAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK 57 -- 5.1.1 Introduction 57 -- 5.1.2 Methodology 57 -- 5.1.3 The exercise of conventional healthcare in Belgium under the terms of Royal Decree -- no. 78 57 -- 5.1.4 The exercise of non-conventional medicine in Belgium 59 -- 5.1.5 The relationship between the Colla law and Royal Decree no. 78 66 -- 5.1.6 The consequences of the (non-)conventional exercise of healthcare 68 -- 5.1.7 The exercise of non-conventional medicine in the European context 73 -- 5.1.8 Conclusion concerning the Belgian and European legal framework 74 -- 5.2 THE SITUATION IN THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM 75 -- 5.2.1 Structure of the chapter 75 -- 5.2.2 Netherlands 75 -- 5.2.3 France 77 -- 5.2.4 United Kingdom 79 -- 5.2.5 Conclusion on the situation in the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom 81 -- 5.3 ACUPUNCTURE TRAINING 81 -- 5.3.1 Objectives 81 -- 5.3.2 Methods 82 -- 5.3.3 Results 82 -- 5.3.4 Discussion 84 -- 5.3.5 Conclusion 86 -- 5.4 PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS 87 -- 5.4.1 Objective 87 -- 5.4.2 Methods 87 -- 5.4.3 Results 87 -- 5.4.4 Discussion 89 -- 5.4.5 Conclusion 90 -- 6 GENERAL SYNTHESIS AND DISCUSSION 91 -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION 91 -- 6.1.1 Context 91 -- 6.1.2 Objectives and methods 91 -- 6.1.3 Limitations 92 -- 6.2 ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM: USERS, PRACTITIONERS AND PRACTICES 92 -- 6.2.1 Non-conventional medicines: an increasingly frequent use 92 -- 6.2.2 Acupuncture in Belgium: general background 92 -- 6.2.3 Who are the patients? 93 -- 6.2.4 Who are the practitioners? 94 -- 6.2.5 The pathway of the Patient 95 -- 6.3 IS ACUPUNCTURE CLINICALLY EFFECTIVE? 99 -- 6.3.1 Evidence in the scientific literature 99 -- 6.3.2 Patient point of view 100 -- 6.3.3 Which risks? 100 -- 6.4 TRAINING 100 -- 6.5 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 101 -- 6.5.1 Background 101 -- 6.5.2 The Colla law 101 -- 6.5.3 Consequences of partial execution of the Colla law 103 -- 7 CONCLUSION 104 -- 8 REFERENCES 106 Link for e-copy: https://doi.org/10.57598/R153C Format of e-copy: PDF (837 Kb) Record link: https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2568 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status No copy Acupuncture / Tom De Gendt / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2011)
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Acupuncture : State of affairs in Belgium - Supplement [printed text] / Tom De Gendt, Author ; Anja Desomer, Author ; Mieke Goossens, Author ; Germaine Hanquet, Author ; Christian Léonard, Author ; Dominique Roberfroid
, Author ; Raf Mertens
, Author ; Julien Piérart
, Author ; Jo Robays, Author ; Olivier Schmitz, Author ; Imgard Vinck
, Author ; Laurence Kohn
, Author ; Ann Van den Bruel, Author . - Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, 2011 . - 88 p. : ill. ; A4. - (KCE Reports. Health Services Research (HSR); 153S) .
ISSN : D/2010/10.273/07 : 0,00
Study : 2009-50
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Indexation
2009-50 ; Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Belgium ; education ; legislation and jurisprudence ; Organisation and Administration ; Qualitative Research ; R153 ; statistics and numerical data [Subheading] ; Treatment outcome ; trends ; utilization
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WB 369 AcupunctureContents note: 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 -- 2 SURVEY AMONG THE POPULATION 43 -- 2.1 STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE 43 -- 2.2 SAMPLE 43 -- 2.3 QUESTIONNAIRE 47 -- 2.4 RESULTS 68 -- 3 THE PRACTICE: QUESTIONNAIRE 75 -- 4 INSURANCE COVER 83 -- 5 OVERVIEW OF TRAININGS 83 -- 6 OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL UNIONS 86 -- 7 REFERENCES 87 Link for e-copy: https://doi.org/10.57598/R153S Format of e-copy: PDF (528 Kb) Record link: https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2532 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status No copy Acupuncture / Tom De Gendt / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2011)
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Acupuncture : State of affairs in Belgium - Synthesis [printed text] / Tom De Gendt, Author ; Anja Desomer, Author ; Mieke Goossens, Author ; Germaine Hanquet, Author ; Christian Léonard, Author ; Dominique Roberfroid
, Author ; Raf Mertens
, Author ; Julien Piérart
, Author ; Jo Robays, Author ; Olivier Schmitz, Author ; Imgard Vinck
, Author ; Laurence Kohn
, Author ; Ann Van den Bruel, Author . - Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, 2011 . - 26 p. : ill. ; A4. - (KCE Reports. Health Services Research (HSR); 153CS) .
ISSN : D/2011/10.273/22 : 0,00
Study : 2009-50
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Indexation
2009-50 ; Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Belgium ; education ; legislation and jurisprudence ; Organisation and Administration ; Qualitative Research ; R153 ; statistics and numerical data [Subheading] ; Treatment outcome ; trends ; utilization
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WB 369 AcupunctureContents note: 1 INTRODUCTION 2 -- 1.1 CONTEXT 2 -- 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 2 -- 1.3 LIMITATIONS 3 -- 2 ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM: USERS, PRACTITIONERS AND PRACTICES 4 -- 2.1 NON-CONVENTIONAL MEDICINES: AN INCREASINGLY FREQUENT USE 4 -- 2.2 ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM: GENERAL BACKGROUND 4 -- 2.3 WHO ARE THE PATIENTS? 4 -- 2.4 WHO ARE THE PRACTITIONERS? 6 -- 2.5 THE PATHWAY OF THE PATIENT 7 -- 2.5.1 Initial access to the non-conventional medicine 7 -- 2.5.2 The consultation 7 -- 2.5.3 Financial aspects 9 -- 2.5.4 Patient satisfaction 9 -- 3 IS ACUPUNCTURE CLINICALLY EFFECTIVE? 11 -- 3.1 EVIDENCE IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 11 -- 3.2 PATIENT POINT OF VIEW 13 -- 3.3 WHICH RISKS? 13 -- 4 TRAINING 14 -- 5 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 15 -- 5.1 BACKGROUND 15 -- 5.2 THE COLLA LAW 15 -- 5.3 CONSEQUENCES OF PARTIAL EXECUTION OF THE COLLA LAW 17 -- 6 CONCLUSION 18 -- 7 REFERENCES 21 Link for e-copy: https://doi.org/10.57598/R153CS Format of e-copy: PDF (254 Kb) Record link: https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2571 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status No copy Advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of the introduction of Pay for Quality programmes in Belgium / Lieven Annemans / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2009)
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Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status No copy Advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of the introduction of Pay for Quality programmes in Belgium - Supplement / Lieven Annemans / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2009)
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Advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of the introduction of Pay for Quality programmes in Belgium - Supplement [printed text] / Lieven Annemans, Author ; Pauline Boeckxstaens, Author ; Liesbeth Borgermans, Author ; Delphine De Smedt, Author ; Christiane Duchesnes, Author ; Jan Heyrman, Author ; Roy Remmen, Author ; Walter Sermeus, Author ; Carine Van Den Broeke, Author ; Pieter Van Herck, Author ; Marc Vanmeerbeek, Author ; Sara Willems, Author ; Kristel De Gauquier, Author . - Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, 2009 . - 142 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.. - (KCE Reports. Health Services Research (HSR); 118S) .
ISSN : D/2009/10.273/53 : 0
Etude n°: 2008-12
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Indexation
2008-12 ; Fees and Charges ; Health Services Accessibility ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality control ; R118 ; Reimbursement, Incentive
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W 84.4 Quality of health care (General)Link for e-copy: https://doi.org/10.57598/R118S Format of e-copy: PDF (1,15 MB) Record link: https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=1756 Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status No copy After-hours in primary care / Pascale Jonckheer / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2011)
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PermalinkAfter-hours in primary care / Pascale Jonckheer / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2011)
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PermalinkAlternative scenarios for the forecasting of the midwifery workforce / Nadia Benahmed / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2019)
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PermalinkAn EQ-5D-5L value set for Belgium / Nicolas Bouckaert / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2021)
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PermalinkAn evaluation protocol for NIHDI conventions / Philippe Vandenbroeck / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2018)
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PermalinkAn evaluation protocol for NIHDI conventions / Philippe Vandenbroeck / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2018)
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PermalinkAppropriate care at the end of life / Kris Van den Broeck / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2017)
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PermalinkAssessing the management of hospital surge capacity in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium / Carine Van de Voorde / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2020)
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PermalinkAssessing the management of hospital surge capacity in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium / Carine Van de Voorde / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2020)
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PermalinkAssessing the sustainability of the Belgian health system using projections / Mélanie Lefevre / Brussels [Belgium] : KCE = Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg = Centre Fédéral d'Expertise des Soins de Santé = Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (2021)
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