Abstracts by keywords: health care
The health care situation – especially for younger men – prior to the onset of typical prostate problems has been little studied. The aim of this study was to assess the status quo of men's health in Germany. It also aimed to identify obstacles and potential for improvement in the implementation of preventive and health-promoting services in order to derive concrete recommendations for action.
03.12.2024
The ongoing corona pandemic shows us every day how important up-to-date and valid information is for restoring, maintaining and promoting health. How easy or difficult it is to access health-related information and materials is largely determined by the environments in which we live and work - and thus the so-called organizational health competence (Ernstmann et al. 2020; Schaeffer et al. 2018). In addition to the individual ability to deal with health-related information, organizations and institutions in particular are responsible for supporting the procurement and handling of health information for users (i.e. patients, residents, clients and relatives) (Ernstmann et al . 2020; Schaeffer et al. 2018). For example, the use of foreign words in health-related information makes comprehension more difficult, while texts in simple language are also easier to understand for people with a low educational background or cognitive impairments (Pelikan/Dietscher 2015). Management and specialist staff in particular play an important role in the provision and handling of health-related information for users and their health literacy (DeGani et al. 2020). Acute diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction are documented less frequently. The change in behavior resulting from the implementation of strict hygiene rules may also have led to a “real” decrease in rates of non-Covid-19 infectious diseases (5,6). In other words, the measures taken to combat the Covid-19 pandemic may also have affected the spread of other germs that cause respiratory (AI) and gastrointestinal (GI) infections. For this reason, in the present study, the authors wanted to examine the frequency of these AIs and GIs during the Covid-19 pandemic using data from a large database that includes anonymized treatment information from general practitioners and paediatricians in Germany.
28.01.2022
One in five patients over the age of 65 in Germany receiving primary care suffers from peripheral arterial disease (PAD) (Diehm et al 2009). As a chronic, slowly progressive disease that progresses in stages, it is usually the result of a manifestation of atherosclerosis in the arteries supplying the leg. Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease and one of the most important causes of cardiovascular disease and death in western industrialized nations (Barrows et al 2009). In the course of PAD, there can be significant limitations in the patient's mobility, exercise capacity and quality of life. A feared long-term consequence is amputation (DGA 2009).
31.03.2015
In recent weeks and months there has been an increase in public perception and in the media of reports and images of people trying to reach European soil via the Mediterranean. They risk their lives in overcrowded boats hoping for a better life in Europe. In the TV and newspaper reports, capsized boats and drowned people are often reported. If illegal immigrants do reach European territory, they usually end up in overcrowded refugee camps with the hope of escaping to Germany or another European country. The number of asylum seekers in Germany is currently higher than ever before, and new records are being broken every month. For 2015, almost 330,000 initial asylum applications were recorded (as of October 2015), which corresponds to an increase of 1,44% compared to 2014. The numbers appear even more serious compared to previous years: in 2007 there were only 19,000 initial asylum applications in Germany and 41,000 in 2010 (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees 2015a). The overall protection rate, i.e. all positive decisions according to Art. 16a Paragraph 1 GG, according to Section 3 Paragraph 1 AsylVfG, according to Section 4 Paragraph 1 AsylVfG and according to Section 60 Paragraphs 5 and 7 Residence Act, is 39.1% in 2015 is thus higher than in the previous year (31.5%) (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees 2015a). The remaining asylum seekers have few options to be able to live permanently in Germany. One possibility: you decide to live illegally under the residency law.
31.03.2015
As a long-requested regulatory model, more competition should contribute to improving economic efficiency, demand orientation and the quality of care. However, in addition to positive effects, the increased supply variance (due to competitive dynamics) leads to an information imbalance on the demand side, which makes a complete market overview impossible. More and more seals of approval, certificates, awards and ratings are providing guidance to consumers, whose current inflationary escalation is, in turn, leading to uncertainty. For this reason, this omnibus study by the Department of Prevention and Health Promotion at APOLLON University examined the point of view of healthcare decision-makers on the use and effects of quality seals.