Utilisation of outpatient medical services in Germany - Results from GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS

Abstract: Outpatient health care provision plays an important role in the identification and treatment of health problems. Data are needed on the utilisation of health care services and their determinants to enable health policy decision-making and needs-based care provision. The analyses set out in this article are based on current data on the utilisation of outpatient health care services. The data stem from the German Health Update (GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS), a nationwide cross-sectional survey of the resident population in Germany that is undertaken as part of the health monitoring conducted at the Robert Koch Institute. Around 80% of the population aged 18 or over were treated at least once within twelve months by a general practitioner, 60% by a specialist, and 10% received psychiatric or psychotherapeutic treatment. Less than half of those eligible had had a stool test during the past two years, and just over half had had a colonoscopy in the past ten years. Around 80% of women and 70% of

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• Weitere Titel: Inanspruchnahme ambulanter medizinischer Leistungen in Deutschland - Ergebnisse der Studie GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Journal of Health Monitoring ; 6 (2021) 3 ; 45-65

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wer): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (wann): 2021
• Urheber: Prütz, Franziska ; Rommel, Alexander ; Thom, Julia ; Du, Yong ; Sarganas, Giselle ; Starker, Anne

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.25646/8555
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-77756-0
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.