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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Foot and ankle surgery in Australia: a descriptive analysis of the Medicare Benefits Schedule database, 1997–2006. | BioMed Central Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Research Foot and ankle surgery in Australia a descriptive analysis of the Medicare Benefits Schedule database 1997-2006 Hylton B Menz 1 Mark F Gilheany1 2 and Karl B Landorf1 2 Address Musculoskeletal Research Centre Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia and 2Department of Podiatry Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3086 Australia Email Hylton B Menz - Mark F Gilheany-mgpod@ Karl B Landorf- Corresponding author Open Access Published 15 September 2008 Received 3 July 2008 . . . - J. . Accepted 15 September 2008 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008 1 10 doi l757-ll46-l-l0 This article is available from http content 1 1 10 2008 Menz et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Foot and ankle problems are highly prevalent in the general community and a substantial proportion of people seek surgical treatment to alleviate foot pain and deformity. However the epidemiology of foot and ankle surgery has not been examined in detail. Therefore the aim of this study was to examine patterns and costs of private sector foot surgery provision in Australia. Methods Data pertaining to all foot and ankle surgical procedures for the calendar years 1997 2006 were extracted from the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule MBS database and were cross-tabulated by sex and age. Descriptive analyses were undertaken to assess sex and age differences in the number and type of procedures performed and to assess for temporal .