Table 3.

Comparison of the management of patients diagnosed with pilonidal disease in three districts of Jönköping county, each serving a defined population, in 2013 and 2014

	Health care district in Jönköping county			p value
	A	B	C
Population	145,000	110,000	85,000
Number of patients with pilonidal disease	133	72	62
Number of patients with pilonidal disease per 100,000 inhabitants/year	46	33	36	0.051
Number of health care contacts	211	267	336
Number of health care contacts per 100,000 inhabitants/year	73	121	198	<0.001
Age, mean (range)	27.2 (13–58)	27.6 (14–61)	29.9 (15–65)	0.33
Male sex (%)	70	79	66	0.21
Number of operated patients (%)	84 (63)	42 (58)	31 (50)	0.22
Number of operationsa	103	55	37
Number of operations for recurrences (%)b	29 (28)	15 (27)	12 (32)	0.85
Surgical method used
Excision + open	0	7	10
Excision + suture	2	10	20
Limberg flap	0	0	7
Modified Lord–Millar	101	38	0	<0.001
Operation in the office (%)	102 (99%)	40 (73%)	4 (11%)	<0.001
Operation in local anaesthesia (%)	103 (100%)	45 (82%)	5 (14%)	<0.001
Number of health care contacts, mean (range)c
Pre-operatively	4.6 (1–29)	13.3 (1–153)	8.5 (1–49)	0.041
Post-operatively	3.0 (1–24)	13.2 (1–151)	17.1 (1–122)	<0.001
Prescribed sick leave, days, mean (range)c	0 (0–0)	2.3 (0–28)	15.8 (0–116)	<0.001
Reimbursement/patient with pilonidal disease, mean (SD)d	753 (915)	1146 (1051)	2123 (2367)	<0.001
Reimbursement/100,000 inhabitants/yeard	34,545	37,520	77,421	<0.001

^aPatients may have multiple operations

^bIncludes all operations for recurrences, including patients with a primary operation at other hospitals or in another period

^cResults for patients with primary operation for pilonidal disease

^dReimbursement calculated for the management of all patients with pilonidal disease including non-operated