In diversen Ländern existieren elektronische Datenbanken, die für individuelle Patienten in chronologischer Reihenfolge Medikamentenverordnungen und ärztliche Diagnosen enthalten. Solche Datenbanken haben sich für pharmakoepidemiologische ...
Die Charakteristika der Teilnehmerinnen am ersten Zyklus des schweizerischen Pilotprogrammes zur Früherfassung des Mammakarzinoms mittels Mammographie und die entscheidenden Faktoren der erneuten Teilnahme am Programm sind untersucht worden. Bei der ...
Significant hearing loss is one of the most frequent congenital diseases and present at birth in approximately one in 1000 newborns. During the first years of life, this number of children with permanent hearing loss rises by approximately the same ...
Introduction: The Swiss health care system is facing the implementation of lump compensation in the form of diagnosis related groups from 2010 on. In addition there is an increasing discussion about the quality of health care in the media. We have ...
Reasons for General Practitioner Shortage – a Comparison Between France and SwitzerlandAbstract. Background and objectives: Both France and Switzerland face a general practitioner (GP) shortage. What differences or parallels exist between the two ...
Bites of venomous snakes in SwitzerlandAbstract. Although snake bites are rare in Europe, there are a constant number of snake bites in Switzerland. There are two domestic venomous snakes in Switzerland: the aspic viper (Vipera aspis) and the common ...
Medical Overuse in Switzerland: How Frequent is Preoperative Chest Radiography?Abstract. Background: Preoperative chest radiography in the absence of a clinical suspicion for intrathoracic pathology is part of the Top-5 list ...
Gaps in Hepatitis C Care of People Who Use DrugsAbstract. With a 56 % prevalence of hepatitis C among people who use drugs, they are the highest risk group in Switzerland. Their insufficient access to medical care has become a huge public health issue; ...
The Patient Enrolled in a Managed Care Insurance Plan or the Physician Being Part of a Network: What Drives the Efficiency Gain?Abstract. Aim: To evaluate the role of physician-related as compared to patient-related factors, we compared the efficiency ...
Going Paperless – What Is the State of Affairs? Data from the Work Force Study 2015Abstract. The electronic health record (EHR) is a topic of high political relevancy particularly with regards to the launch of the ’electronic patient’s dossier’ 2017. To ...
Abstract. We evaluated prevalence of VitD deficiency and possible seasonal fluctuations in inhabitants of Southern Switzerland. We analysed clinical data (age, sex, diagnosis, comorbidity, number of drugs) as indicators for ...
Vitamin D Level in Employees of a Swiss University Geriatric HospitalAbstract. Vitamin D plays an important role in health. The aim of this study was to determine the vitamin D level in hospital employees from different age, ...
Advance Care Planning in Swiss Nursing Homes: Results of a Focus Group StudyAbstract. Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a standardized consultation process in which patients define their therapy goals for future medical ...
Diving Accidents in Lakes – a Retrospective Study of a Level-1 Emergency Centre in SwitzerlandAbstract. Switzerland is a country in the middle of Europe without access to an open sea. Here one does not assume a noteworthy ...