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Determinants of avoidable deaths from ischaemic heart diseases in East and West Germany
Schwierz, Christoph; Wübker, Ansgar - 2009
ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) inWest and East Germany from 1996 to 2004. Our main result reveals that the number of … catch-up process in the number of IC facilities provided relative to West Germany. -- Avoidable deaths ; ischaemic heart … disease ; intracardiac catheters ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861417
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Fall risk increasing drugs : the effect on injuries of the frail elderly estimated from administrative data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Lindenbaum, Katharina; Stroka, … - 2011
Society benefits on a large scale from improved medical care and pharmaceuticals. The prescription of pharmaceuticals, however, also carries risks such as the possibility of an increased risk of falls, which may lead to severe injuries and increased health expenditures associated with these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580995
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West-East convergence in the prevalence of illicit drugs : socioeconomics or culture?
Tauchmann, Harald (contributor) - 2008
In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of … the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing … individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany's ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740307
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The mortality crisis in East Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294533
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How we fall apart : similarities of human aging in 10 European countries
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We analyze human aging, understood as health deficit accumulation, for a panel of European individuals. For that purpose, we use four waves of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE dataset) and construct a health deficit index. Results from log-linear regressions suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590290
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Health care expenditures and longevity : is there a Eubie Blake effect?
Breyer, Friedrich; Lorenz, Normann; Niebel, Thomas - 2012
basis of an official population forecast for Germany is used to isolate the effect of demographic ageing on real per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579344
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Health care expenditures and longevity : is there a Eubie Blake effect?
Breyer, Friedrich; Lorenz, Normann; Niebel, Thomas - 2012
population forecast for Germany is used to isolate the effect of demographic ageing on real per-capita HCE over the next decades. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356049
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Economic conditions at birth, birth weight, ability, and the causal path to cardiovascular mortality
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127786
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Self-rated health and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from German panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2000
, there have been no studies conducted for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) we confirm … the relationship between self-rated health and mortality for Germany. In addition the GSOEP data enable an exploration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432793
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Bio-demographic and health aspects of ageing in the EU
Herce, José A.; Ahn, Namkee; Génova, Ricard; Pereira, … - 2003
In this paper we describe and analyse a demographic data base that has been gathered for several EU countries under a research project called AGIR. The project tries to establish facts and evidence on the ageing process in EU countries and relate this process with health and retirement issues....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509437