Population change and the burden of hospitalization in Germany 2000-2040: Decomposition analysis and projection.

Demographic factors, such as population aging and shrinkage, and non-demographic factors, such as hospitalization rate and length of hospital stay, generate challenges for inpatient care. This paper used decomposition analysis to assess how changes in these factors affected the number of hospital tr...

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Main Authors: Enno Nowossadeck, Franziska Prütz, Andrea Teti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243322