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Frailty triangle
Sarcopenia, Malnutrition, chronic Inflammation
Malnutrition
Undernutrition, overnutrition, inflammation
Greenhouse gasses
CO2, CH4, N20, Flourinated gasses
Austria temperature changes
+2C since 1880, +1C since 1980
Global temperature changes
+0.85C since 1880, +0.5C since 1980
Greenhouse effect
Climate System: solar radiation from sun to earth, about half absorbed by earth’s surface and warms it, some reflected by atmosphere and earth, infrared radiation emitted from earth’s surface
Greenhouse Effect: some of the infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere but most is absorbed and re-emitted in all directions by greenhouse gas molecules and clouds (water vapor) = warms lower atmosphere and earth
Climate change - Vulnerability - Probability
Condition —- Vulnerability —- Probability
Heat exposure —- High (risk groups), moderate (general population) —- High
Extreme events —- Moderate – high (depending on region) —- High
New emerging pathogens, allergens, food safety —- Less robust Assessment possible —- Low
Classical Test Theory - psychometric properties
Objectivity – The result does not depend on the person who administers the instrument.
Validity – The instrument measures what it intends to measure.
Reliability – Readministration of an instrument leads to the same result, inter-rater (different raters) and intra rater (same rater twice) reliability
Sensitivity to change – the instrument measures the change produced by the intervention
Evidence-based medicine - Sackett definition
integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values
Economic evaluation - Drummond definition
the comparative analysis of alternative courses of action in terms of both theirs costs and their consequences
Types of economic evaluation
Type/outcome unit
Cost-minimisation: equal effectiveness and safety of interventions
Cost-effectiveness: natural units (life years, cases detected…)
Cost-utility: QALY (longevity and quality of life)
Cost-benefit: monetary valuation of outcomes
Opportunity cost
the potential benefits which are sacrificed when resources are committed to one purpose rather than another; = the health benefit that could have been achieved had the money been spent on the next best alternative intervention
economic evaluation perspective
affects what costs are included
individual, government, health provider, society
Austrian finance of health expenditure (2014)
33% general government 45% social security 17% private out-of-pocket 5% private insurance (fairly close to EU28 average)
Austrian health expenditure (2014)
11% GDP (typically 10-11% every year)
36.25 billion
Austrian health care system
Bismarck type
Austria private insurance
~35% of population has private insurance
direct payments, cost sharing
Austrian hospitals (2014)
271 hospitals; 178 acute care
7.6 beds/1000
# beds declined 10% 2000-2010
Austrian physicians (2009)
19,000
Non-contract physician fees
Patients can claim reimbursement from their insurer - 80% of the relevant contract physician fee
Long-term care allowance (1993)
independent of age, income level/availability of asset
care must be expected to be needed for at least 6 months
Emission - Exposure
50% cars --> 62% 30% cities/homes? --> 31.5% 11% factories/industrial? --> 5.4% 9% refineries? --> 1.3% rainbow graphic
Ecological Crisis
humans have always affected the ecosystem, but since the industrial revolution, anthropogenic effects on ecosystems increased quantitatively and qualitatively
population growth –> demand on resources
Prevalence definition
Prevalence (P) is the number of cases (having a particular disease or health trait) in a population at a given time (Pt0 = point prevalence) or in a given time period (Pt1-tn = period prevalence). It corresponds to the sum of all cases (existing and new cases) and thus indicates the existence of a disease in a population.
Magnitude of epidemic