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2024-11-28Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/12921
Utilisation of medical services in Germany and Europe – Results of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 3
dc.contributor.authorKrause, Laura
dc.contributor.authorPrütz, Franziska
dc.contributor.authorStarker, Anne
dc.contributor.authorDu, Yong
dc.contributor.authorSarganas, Giselle
dc.contributor.authorKuhnert, Ronny
dc.contributor.authorThom, Julia
dc.contributor.authorRommel, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-28T12:21:57Z
dc.date.available2024-11-28T12:21:57Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-28none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12322
dc.description.abstractBackground: Needs-based care is a central concern of healthcare policy. A European comparison of the utilisation of medical services can help to assess national data and identify the need for action. Methods: This article describes indicators on the utilisation of outpatient and inpatient services, medical examinations and the use of medicines from the third wave of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS 3) and compares the results from Germany with the European averages. Results: Age-standardised, the utilisation of medical services in Germany was above the European average without exception, whereby demographic and social differences were similar. Almost all services were utilised more frequently by women and in older age groups. Exceptions are inpatient services and colonoscopy, where there was no difference between the sexes, and more frequent use of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic services and non-prescription medication among younger adults. Specialist medical and dental services were used more frequently in the high education group, psychiatric and psychotherapeutic services as well as inpatient services and prescription medication in the low education group. Conclusions: The European comparison requires a differentiated categorisation of the findings. While the high utilisation in Germany for some evidence-based services (e.g. colonoscopy, dentistry) indicates good access to care, the high inpatient utilisation, for example, is also the subject of critical discussion.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectOutpatient careeng
dc.subjectHospitaleng
dc.subjectDentistryeng
dc.subjectPsychiatryeng
dc.subjectPsychotherapyeng
dc.subjectEarly detection of cancereng
dc.subjectMedicationeng
dc.subjectUtilisationeng
dc.subjectDemographicseng
dc.subjectEuropean Health Interview Surveyeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleUtilisation of medical services in Germany and Europe – Results of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) 3none
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12322-6
dc.identifier.doi10.25646/12921
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of Health Monitoringnone
local.edoc.pages18none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-issue4none
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