[Socioeconomic impact of venous diseases in Italy]

The data's from National Statistic Institute referring to all Italians hospitalized during 1988 are: 37,312 patient due venous diseases, 2.03 p. cent of all hospitalized patients. Varicose veins diseases are more represented in female (10,948 f. and 4,476 m.). A regional study shows an increase in the north of Italy. The medium amount of days in hospital per patient is reduced in the last years at 11 day (from 18 d). The days in hospital in phlebophatic patients were 409,568 (20,522,122 d. for all diseases) during 1988. The expenses for hospital charges due to venous diseases were estimated in 163,827,000,000 of Italian liras, 136,522,500 US. dollar. Other report consider the factory working as the most important in the scale of job inducing phlebophaties. The first seems to be textile industries, at the second place the food factory, the last are builders. In 1974 were lost 2,300,000 working days. We suppose that increasing of private angiological assistance and having a poor public assistance in Italy the patients undergone to hospitals are reducing (81,599 with venous diseases in 1974 and 37,312 in 1988).