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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 27/02/2026
Contenu vérifié selon les dernières recommandations médicales
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Lifestyle and chronic diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue J Wytsman 14, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. brecht.devleesschauwer@sciensano.be.
Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium. brecht.devleesschauwer@sciensano.be.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics (I-BIOSTAT), Data Science Institute (DSI), Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
Department of Family Medicine and Population Health (FAMPOP), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Centre for Health Economic Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Havenlaan 88 b73, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Belgique" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Lifestyle and chronic diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Rue J Wytsman 14, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Dept. of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA - BopCo), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Royal Belgian Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS - BopCo & Scientific Heritage Service), Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Outbreak Research team, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University Hospital, Translational Neurosciences, UAntwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Strategic Policy Unit, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Roman Catholic Chaplaincy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Publications dans "Belgique" :
This paper aims to 1) describe current levels of Advance Care Planning (ACP) development since 2002 in Belgium, 2) report on challenges and opportunities to inspire other countries with similar contex...
Homelessness in psychiatric patients in Flanders, Belgium, has never been investigated. Advocacy groups from patients with lived experience of psychiatric disorders have sounded the alarm on the scarc...
Burden of disease estimates have become important population health metrics over the past decade to measure losses in health. In Belgium, the disease burden caused by COVID-19 has not yet been estimat...
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are the sum of Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) and Years of Life Lost (YLLs) due to disease. DALYs allow comparing the burden of disease between countries, di...
In 2020, the total number of COVID-19 related DALYs was estimated at 253,577 [252,541 - 254,739], which is higher than in 2021, when it was 139,281 [136,704 - 142,306]. The observed COVID-19 burden wa...
COVID-19 had a substantial impact on population health in Belgium, especially in 2020, when COVID-19 would have been the main cause of disease burden if all other causes had maintained their 2019 leve...
Although there are already success stories, population health management in Belgium is still in its infancy. A health system transformation approach such as population health management may be suited ...
Two virtual focus group discussions were organized with 11 high-level decision makers in medicine, policy and science between October and December 2021. A semi-structured guide based on a literature r...
Seven inter-related barriers and recommendations towards the development of population health management in Belgium were identified. These related to responsibilities of different layers of government...
There is a need to instill a sense of urgency among all stakeholders to develop a joint population-oriented vision in Belgium. This call-to-action requires the support and active involvement of all Be...
The aim of this article is to describe a newly created open access database of archeological human remains collections from Flanders, Belgium. The MEMOR database (www.memor.be) was created to provide ...
We evaluated the public health impact and return on investment of Belgium's pediatric immunization program (PIP) from both healthcare-sector and societal perspectives....
We developed a decision analytic model for 6 vaccines routinely administered in Belgium for children aged 0-10 years: DTaP-IPV-HepB-Hib, DTaP-IPV, MMR, PCV, rotavirus, and meningococcal type C. We use...
Across all 11 pathogens, we estimated that the PIP prevented 226,000 cases of infections and 200 deaths, as well as the loss of 7,000 life-years and 8,000 quality-adjusted life-years over the lifetime...
Belgium's PIP, which previously had not been systematically assessed, provides large-scale prevention of disease-related morbidity and premature mortality, and is associated with net savings to health...
This study aimed to investigate factors influencing the uptake of first and second COVID-19 booster vaccines among adults in Belgium, particularly age, sex, region of residence and laboratory confirme...
A binomial regression model was used with having received the first or second booster as outcome and age, sex, region of residence and infection history as fixed variables. Among adults, there was gen...
This study aimed to explore the feasibility of a Flemish adaptation of the New York University Caregiver Intervention (i.e., PROACTIVE intervention) modifying the recruitment and intervention content ...
Researchers constructed, tested, and sent out a survey consisting of 43 questions on the following topics: awareness of symptoms of early cognitive decline, levels of cognitive performance using the u...
A total of 463 informal caregivers completed the survey (mean age 58.8 ± 11.8, 83.6% female). Among them, 230 respondents who cared for people with cognitive decline indicated they would probably or c...
The recruitment of target participants for a subsequent RCT evaluation study is feasible, and identified associated factors should be considered during the recruitment process. The PROACTIVE intervent...
In the wake of sexual and reproductive health counselling in postwar Western Europe, emotional guidance on infertility was as yet neither readily recognised nor available. In this article, we show tha...
Generally influenza, a contagious respiratory disease, leads to mild illness, but can present as a severe illness with significant complications for some. It entails significant health challenges and ...
Epidemiological, demographic and vaccination data of influenza from 2009-to-2019 is collected from Sciensano, the Belgian Institute for Health. Sciensano monitors influenza virus through two surveilla...
49.6% [± 8.5] of all ILI-samples tested positive in this period. Influenza A was the dominant circulating type, accounting for 73.7% [± 27.5] of positive samples, while influenza B accounted for 24.3%...
Influenza is quickly considered a trivial disease, but can have substantial repercussions. It remains difficult to identify the level of treat of influenza due to antigenic evolution. Measures to prev...