Gender, age and breed pattern of diagnoses for veterinary care in insured dogs in Sweden during 1996

More than 200,000 dogs insured for veterinary care by one Swedish company at the beginning of 1996 were included in a retrospective cross-sectional study. Data from receipts for visits to veterinarians that were part of reimbursed veterinary care events, whose cost exceeded the deductible cost, were...

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Published in:Veterinary record 2000-05, Vol.146 (19), p.551-557
Main Authors: Egenvall, A., Hedhammar, A., Bonnett, B. N., Olson, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
age differences
Age Factors
animal insurance
Animals
breed differences
Cross-Sectional Studies
dog diseases
Dog Diseases - economics
Dog Diseases - therapy
Dogs
Female
gender differences
Insurance Coverage
Male
morbidity
Pedigree
Retrospective Studies
risk
Sex Factors
Sweden
Veterinary Medicine - economics
Veterinary Medicine - trends
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Summary:More than 200,000 dogs insured for veterinary care by one Swedish company at the beginning of 1996 were included in a retrospective cross-sectional study. Data from receipts for visits to veterinarians that were part of reimbursed veterinary care events, whose cost exceeded the deductible cost, were used to calculate the risk of cause-specific morbidity, both in total and stratified by gender, age and breed. Diagnoses were described by organic system, for example, cardiovascular, and by disease process, for example, neoplastic. The most commonly affected system was the integument followed by the gastrointestinal and genital systems. The genital system was the most commonly affected system in females, within which 50 per cent of the affected bitches had pyometra. Inflammatory processes were most common, followed by symptomatic conditions, traumatic injuries and neoplastic conditions.
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.146.19.551