4/2024 - Surveillance of non-communicable diseases: What matters to users? A qualitative interview study

This article presents the results of an evaluation of existing information transfer formats and users’ requirements as part of the National Diabetes Surveillance at the Robert Koch Institute.

4/2024 - A healthy Europe through data, information and cooperation

‘Data for action’ – this motto is inextricably linked with health reporting. This is true in Germany as well as in Europe. Health reporting is a fundamental part of public health.

4/2024 - Towards a sustainable set of European Core Health Indicators (ECHI)

This article reflects on the sustainability of the ECHI set and explores directions for improving future use, based on activities in the Joint Action on Health Information (2018-2021).

4/2024 - Towards a European health information system: The BRIDGE Health, InfAct and PHIRI projects

The article describes the European projects BRIDGE Health, InfAct and PHIRI, which aim to develop a sustainable infrastructure for health information.

4/2024 - Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases in Germany and Europe – results of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS 3, 2018 – 2020)

This article describes age-standardised prevalence of three disease groups and two indicators of self-assessed health for Germany and the average of 29 European countries, based on EHIS 3.

4/2024 - Utilisation of medical services in Germany and Europe - Results of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS 3, 2018 - 2020)

Utilisation of medical services in Germany and Europe – Results of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS 3, 2018 – 2020) This article describes indicators on the utilisation of outpatient and inpatient services, medical examinations and the use of medicines from the third wave of the European …

3/2024 - A societal challenge with high public health relevance: ADHD in children and adolescents in Germany

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders in children and adolescents, with potentially lifelong individual, familial and social effects and high public health relevance.

3/2024 - Differences in frequency between administrative and parent-reported ADHD diagnosis data of children and adolescents taking sociodemographic characteristics into account – Results from the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

This contribution analyses discrepancies between administrative and parent-reported ADHD diagnosis data, considering sociodemographic characteristics.

3/2024 - When do parents report their child’s administrative ADHD diagnosis? A utilisation-based analysis from the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

This article examines discrepancies in the frequency of ADHD in children and adolescents in Ger­many using information on health care utilisation from both administrative and parent-reported survey data linked at person level.

3/2024 - Risk and protective factors associated with health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with ADHD in Germany – Findings from the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

The aim of the present article was to investigate health care-related and psychosocial risk and protective factors for health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with an administrative ADHD diagnosis.

3/2024 - Psychometric evaluation of the Clinical Interview for Externalizing Disorders (ILF-EXTERNAL) in an online setting – Results from the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

The article examines the psychometric properties of the ADHD section of the semi-structured diagnostic interview ILF-EXTERNAL, which was con­ducted online via video chat.

3/2024 - Health care costs of incident ADHD in children and adolescents in Germany – A claims data analysis within the framework of the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

This article addressed the research gap on health care resource utilisation and costs of chil­dren and adolescents with incident ADHD diagnosis using nationwide claims data from the statutory health insurance DAK-Gesundheit.

3/2024 - ADHD in children and adolescents: Guideline-based online assessment in the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD

The article describes how a guideline-based clinical assessment of ADHD can be implemented in an online setting.

3/2024 - Health of single mothers and fathers in Germany. Results of the GEDA studies 2019 – 2023

The article analyses the health of single mothers and fathers in comparison to parents in partner households, considering differences in their social status.

2/2024 - Journal of Health Monitoring – what’s new in 2024?

This editorial presents current changes, for example regarding the publication scheme and layout. It also provides an outlook on a web platform that is currently being set up as part of the Federal Health Reporting.

2/2024 - Diabetes surveillance – Laying the groundwork for non-communicable disease surveillance in Germany

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder of blood sugar metabolism that requires life-style adjustments and often lifelong treatment with blood sugar-lowering medications.

2/2024 - Type 2 diabetes among people with selected citizenships in Germany: risk, healthcare, complications

Migration-related factors, such as language barriers, can be relevant to the risk, healthcare and complications of type 2 diabetes in people with a history of migration.

2/2024 - Healthcare and health situation of adults with type 2 diabetes in Germany: The study GEDA 2021/2022-Diabetes

The nationwide study German Health Update (GEDA) 2021/2022-Diabetes was conducted to assess the current healthcare and health situation of adults with diabetes in Germany.

2/2024 - Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Germany: Temporal trend and differences by regional socioeconomic deprivation

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases the risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes.

2/2024 - Diabetes-related amputations in Germany: analysis of time trend from 2015 to 2022 and differences by area-level socioeconomic deprivation

Diabetes-related amputations reduce health-related quality of life and are an indicator of the quality of care of diabetes.

2/2024 - Potential COVID-19 test fraud detection: Findings from a pilot study comparing conventional and statistical approaches

The article reports on a pilot study comparing the performance of different statistical approaches to identify potential fraudulent test centres in a German city in comparison to conventional fraud detection procedures used by local health authorities by default.