Publications by authors named "M Hummer"
We study the real-life effect of an unprecedented rapid mass vaccination campaign. Following a large outbreak of the Beta variant in the district of Schwaz/Austria, 100,000 doses of BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) were procured to mass vaccinate the entire adult population of the district between the 11th and 16th of March 2021. This made the district the first widely inoculated region in Europe.
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- The study examined whether diabetes affects ICU admissions and mortality rates in hospitalized COVID-19 patients using data from 40,632 cases in Austria.
- Approximately 12.2% of the patients had diabetes, with those diabetic showing higher rates for ICU admissions (OR: 1.36) but no significant increase in in-hospital mortality (OR: 1.08 after adjustments).
- The findings suggest that while diabetes increases the likelihood of requiring ICU care, factors like age and other health conditions have a stronger influence on mortality rates among COVID-19 patients.
Unlabelled: Fragility fractures are a frequent and costly event. In Austria, 92,835 fragility fractures occurred in patients aged ≥ 50 years in 2018, accruing direct costs of > 157 million €. Due to demographic aging, the number of fragility fractures and their associated costs are expected to increase even further.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe analyzed the impact of social networks on general practitioners' (GPs) referral behavior based on administrative panel data from 2,684,273 referrals to specialists made between 1998 and 2007. For the definition of social networks, we used information on the doctors' place and time of study and their hospital work history. We found that GPs referred more patients to specialists within their personal networks and that patients referred within a social network had fewer follow-up consultations and less inpatient days thereafter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of altering the fatty acid profile of the lipid membrane on storage survival of freeze-dried probiotic, Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5, as well as study the membrane integrity and lipid oxidation. The fatty acid composition of the lipid membrane of L. acidophilus La-5 was significantly different upon growth in MRS (containing Tween 80, an oleic acid source), or in MRS with Tween 20 (containing C12:0 and C14:0), linoleic, or linolenic acid supplemented.
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