[Re: Albrecht D, Bramesfeld A. The offer of community-near occupational rehabilitation possibilities for mentally sick p...
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
[Early factors influencing body weight and prevalence of overweight in 4610 children prior to school entry in the Erlang...
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
A highly significant increase in the prevalence of infantile overweight has to be faced. Early prevention of childhood obesity is therefore mandatory to avoid the complications and higher morbidity.
[Ratio of confirmed versus suspected occupational diseases as a parameter of quality].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
On-target improvement of the quality of notification of suspected occupational diseases is possible by exploring several avenues, including on-target assessment of evaluation criteria reporting by the statutory accident insurance bodies concerned and by regular advice rendered to the statutory social insurance bodies by occupational therapists.
[Effects of the new German quarterly practice fee on dental treatment -- cost-benefit analysis].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
Analysis of the allocative and distributive effects shows that the practice fee does not adequately take into account the specific features of the dental care sector and that the adverse effects prevail if seen under the aspect of health economics and social medicine. Neither on the micro-economic nor on the macro-economic level a noticeable medici...
[Study of the quality of codification of diagnoses and procedures under DRG conditions].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
Further systematic reviews are required to develop the DRG System and identify faulty trends.
[Landau Recommendations on Teacher' Health -- teacher's health promotes schools' quality rating].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
[The new private health insurance subscribers].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
The new German legislation concerning the modernisation of statutory health insurance allows statutory health insurers to cooperate with their private health counterparts to offer supplementary health insurance. This study investigates the demand for such policies and how much someone is prepared to pay for them. Furthermore, the study tries to cha...
[Treatment of Alzheimer's disease utilising the best available evidence-based medicine -- utopia?].
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
The interviewed physicians considered the evidence of medical Alzheimer's disease therapy with cholinesterase inhibitors high. 67 % of the interviewees would use ChE-I as the drug of first choice if a near relative fell ill with Alzheimer's. However, the ChE-I prescriptions were limited to 13 % in the base year 2000 and to 24 % in the base year 200...
[Statistical analysis of community-based studies -- presentation and comparison of possible solutions with reference to ...
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
Our results emphasise the importance to account for correlations in community-based trials. Besides the mixed model random effects meta-analysis can be applied as an alternative method.
[Improvement of protection given by vaccination for socially underprivileged groups on the basis of "key persons approac...
Published in Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Ärzte des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
In January 2002, a vaccination campaign against measles, mumps and rubella was carried out in the Altlander Viertel, a district in Stade, Germany. The campaign was directed towards children of immigrants, a group often at a disadvantage in terms of health. This campaign was organised and carried out by the public health department in Stade for the ...
