title: [Misunderstanding of medical resource use by women].
abstract: By analysing three different Belgian databases, we could demonstrate that whereas women subjectively declare a higher number of diseases, a worse functional state and a higher trend to use medical resources, they are, from an objective point of view, less frequently hospitalized and cause a lower cost, at certain ages, for the Social Security.
authors.affiliation: CHU Liège, Ecole de Santé publique, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tellier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health
vernacular_title: Le quiproquo de la consommation médicale de la femme.