Demographische Standards für Deutschland: ein Instrumentenentwurf

Es wird ein Vorschlag für demographische Standards vorgesetllt, der langfristig zu einer Vereinheitlichung der Fragestellungen bei Forschern, Instituten und der amtlichen Statistik führen soll. Der unterschiedlichen Thematik von einzelnen Erhebungen soll dadurch Rechnung getragen werden, daß umfragenspezifische Erweiterungen des vorgeschlagenen Variablensets sowie der Kategoriensysteme möglich sind. Können die vorgeschlagenen Formulierungen aus inhaltlichen oder technischen Gründen nicht verwendet werden, sollten die Fragen so gestellt werden, daß Schnittstellen zu den vorgeschlagenen Kategorien bestehen. (psz

Burden of Friedreich’s Ataxia to the patients and healthcare systems in the United States and Canada

Objective: The study intended to substantiate healthcare resource utilization, costs, and funding patterns of US and Canadian Friedreich’s Ataxia (FRDA) populations, to assess compliance with treatment guidance and to identify areas where novel healthcare measures or improved access to existing care may improve patients’ functional and social capabilities and reduce the financial impact on the healthcare systems. Methods: Healthcare resource utilization and costs were collected in a cross-sectional study in the US (N = 197) and Canada (N = 43) and analyzed across severity of disease categories. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and hypothesis testing were applied. Results: In the US, healthcare costs of FRDA patients were higher than those of “adults with two and more chronic conditions.” Significantly higher costs were incurred in advanced stages of the disease, with paid homecare being the main driver. This pattern was also observed in Canada. Compliance with the recommended annual neurological and cardiological follow-up was high, but was low for the recommended regular speech therapy. In the US public and private funding ratios were similar for the FRDA and the general populations. In Canada the private funding ratio for FRDA was higher than average. Conclusion: The variety of healthcare measures addressing the broad range of symptoms of FRDA, and the increasing use of paid home care as disease progresses made total US healthcare costs of FRDA exceed the costs of US adults with two and more chronic conditions. Therefore, measures delaying disease progression will allow patients to maintain their independence longer and may reduce costs to the healthcare system. Novel measures to address dysarthria and to ensure access to them should be further investigated. The higher than average private funding ratio in Canada was due to the relatively high cost of the pharmacological treatment of FRDA

Zeitbudgeterhebung der amtlichen Statistik: Beitraege zur Arbeitstagung vom 30. April 1991 in Wiesbaden

Includes 15 articlesAvailable from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, Duesternbrook Weg 120, D-24105 Kiel C 177364 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Demographic Changes in Germany up to 2060 – Consequences for Blood Donation

This paper outlines the results of a most recent model calculation regarding the structure and development of Germany's population by 2060 with the aim to provide basic demographic data for the future provision of blood components to the population. Firstly, the paper describes the assumptions on fertility, life expectancy and Germany's balance of immigration and emigration which formed the basis for the projection. The following part discusses the results, quantifies future changes in the size and age structure of Germany's population, and illustrates the effects of demographic trends which can be identified from today's point of view. The number of potential blood donors will decline in absolute and relative terms (related to the total population and the age group of ‘non-donors’) in the future. This holds true for both the age bracket of 18 to 68 years and the alternatively chosen age group of 17 to 70 years. Depending on the variant, the population of blood donation age will decrease by one quarter to one third until 2060

Zeitbudgeterhebung der amtlichen Statistik Beitraege zur Arbeitstagung vom 30. April 1991 in Wiesbaden

StBA Wiesbaden(282); UuStB Koeln(38)-920200157 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Merkmale einer allgemeinen Standarddemographie: Gegenueberstellung soziodemographischer Variablen aus dem Mikrozensus, der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe, der Volkszaehlung und der Standarddemographie des Zentrums fuer Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen

Available from Bibliothek des Instituts fuer Weltwirtschaft, ZBW, Duesternbrook Weg 120, D-24105 Kiel C 181356 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Soziale Rahmenbedingungen auslaendischer Studienbewerber in Bochum im Vergleich zu vorangegangenen Untersuchungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1977-1982

UuStB Koeln(38)-8406139 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman