Urinary catheterization from 1997 to 2018: a Dutch population-based cohort

Background: Our aim was to evaluate the use of indwelling, intermittent and external urinary catheters in neurogenic and non-neurogenic bladder patients in the Netherlands from 1997 to 2018. Methods: Data were retrieved from a population-based cohort containing information about the extramural use of medical devices in the insured population in the Netherlands. The insured population increased from 9.9 million people in 1997 to 17.1 million people in 2018 (64–100% of the Dutch population). Users are expressed by users per 100,000 insured people and total users, corrected for the overall Dutch... Mehr ...