Das Gesundheitswesen
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Apr 1995
[Frequency analysis for achieving health goals--II: Analysis of mortality tables for cause of death, expected mortality].
The article gives algorithms to calculate mean ages at death for specific causes, based on life table models. Parameters of interest are death due to a specific cause, dying after the "elimination" of the specific cause, or the transition into a "new" structure of mortality when a specific cause of death vanishes. The setbacks of widely used calculations are discussed in this context. ⋯ The estimated impact on life expectancy varies according to both the mathematical model and the specific cause of death: differences are negligible in mortality due to accidents, whereas the results differ considerably in cardiovascular causes of death. The algorithm suggested allows to constrain the calculations to specific age groups. Topics such as "avoidable death" and "health objectives" have to be aware of these different methods.
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Apr 1995
[Medical aid according to the asylum application regulation--a report of experiences after the first year].
In 1993 the Law Concerning Social and Medical Aid for People Asking for Political Asylum in the Federal Republic of Germany (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz) was promulgated. In so far the main political aims of the new law are concerned it is to say that in the case of dental treatment they have failed at least in the first year. The author believes it to be more serious from a medical point of view that there is a tendency towards a medicine having two different "classes".