Open AccessTrends in Hospitalization and Sociodemographic Factors in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Populations in Germany: National Health Survey, 1990–1992 and 1998
Author(s) -
Andrea Icks,
Burkhard Haastert,
Wolfgang Rathmann,
Joachim Rosenbauer,
Guido Giani
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.063339
Subject(s) - medicine , poisson regression , demography , confidence interval , population , diabetes mellitus , epidemiology , gerontology , environmental health , endocrinology , sociology
We examined time trends of hospitalization, a main outcome measure in health care, in the diabetic and nondiabetic populations in Germany and their associations with sociodemographic variables.