Summary: Objectives: With the discussion about measures to reduce over-capacities in the health services in mind, we examined the influence of medical supply structures and services on hospital utillisation directly before death. Methods: Based on the specification of the place of dying from the death certificates, we determined the proportions of deaths in hospitals in an ecological study. We analysed deaths of persons above age 65 in each of the 106 mobility regions of Switzerland in the years 1979 to 1980. Results: The proportion of deaths occuring in hospitals varied between 27% and 81%. Despite missing data regarding stationary and ambulatory care services, more than half of the variance could be explained by means of a multivariate re...
This paper presents an ecological analysis of mortality differences in the FRG on the basis of the 7...
Der vorliegende Beitrag liefert auf Basis der Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland (DEGS...
The demographic ageing of the population and its impact on social systems, economies or labor market...
BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in examining the current state of care and identifying oppor...
SUMMARY Switzerland is facing an aging population and a growing amount of patients with chronic dis...
Background: Institutional deaths (hospitals and nursing homes) are an important issue because they a...
BACKGROUND Institutional deaths (hospitals and nursing homes) are an important issue because they...
Analysis of the spatial distribution of mortality data is important for identification of high-risk ...
Introduction: There are regional differences in the morbidity of major cardiovascular disease betwee...
Introduction: There are regional differences in the morbidity of major cardiovascular disease betwee...
Objectives: European populations are ageing, but data on the associated end-of-life care needs are s...
Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, regionale Unterschiede des Gesundheitszustandes der Bevölkerung...
Background: The system of nursing care in Germany is currently changing. For years, a further develo...
In general cantons regulate and control the Swiss health service system; patient flows within and be...
Abstract: Between 1986 and 1994 employment in the health sector in Austria has grown abundantly fast...
This paper presents an ecological analysis of mortality differences in the FRG on the basis of the 7...
Der vorliegende Beitrag liefert auf Basis der Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland (DEGS...
The demographic ageing of the population and its impact on social systems, economies or labor market...
BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in examining the current state of care and identifying oppor...
SUMMARY Switzerland is facing an aging population and a growing amount of patients with chronic dis...
Background: Institutional deaths (hospitals and nursing homes) are an important issue because they a...
BACKGROUND Institutional deaths (hospitals and nursing homes) are an important issue because they...
Analysis of the spatial distribution of mortality data is important for identification of high-risk ...
Introduction: There are regional differences in the morbidity of major cardiovascular disease betwee...
Introduction: There are regional differences in the morbidity of major cardiovascular disease betwee...
Objectives: European populations are ageing, but data on the associated end-of-life care needs are s...
Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, regionale Unterschiede des Gesundheitszustandes der Bevölkerung...
Background: The system of nursing care in Germany is currently changing. For years, a further develo...
In general cantons regulate and control the Swiss health service system; patient flows within and be...
Abstract: Between 1986 and 1994 employment in the health sector in Austria has grown abundantly fast...
This paper presents an ecological analysis of mortality differences in the FRG on the basis of the 7...
Der vorliegende Beitrag liefert auf Basis der Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland (DEGS...
The demographic ageing of the population and its impact on social systems, economies or labor market...