[Potentially Inappropriate Medication of Nursing Home Residents: An Analysis of Risk Factors Based on National Claims Data (AOK) for 2017].

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to assess risk factors for prescription of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) to nursing home residents using the PRISCUS list in 2017.

Methods: Using claims data (AOK) we analysed insured nursing home residents aged 65 or older in 2017. The PRISCUS list was used to identify PIMs.

Frequency of neuroimaging for pediatric minor brain injury is determined by the primary treating medical department.

To investigate the use of neuroimaging in children and adolescents with minor brain injury in pediatric and non-pediatric departments.In this observational cohort study data were extracted from a large German statutory health insurance (AOK Plus Dresden ∼3.1 million clients) in a 7-year period (2010-2016).

Surgery for Pediatric Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction-Comparison of Outcomes in Relation to Surgical Technique and Operating Discipline in Germany.

Introduction:  Surgery for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is performed by both pediatric surgeons (PS) and urologists (URO). The aim of this study was to analyze treatment modalities for UPJO and results in relation to the surgical technique and the operating discipline in Germany.

Materials And Methods:  Data of patients aged 0 to 18 years were extracted from a major public health insurance (covering ∼5.

Prescription of Benzodiazepines and Related Drugs in Patients with Mild Cognitive Deficits and Alzheimer's Disease.

Introduction: Benzodiazepines and related drugs (BZDR) should be avoided in patients with cognitive impairment. We evaluated the relationship between a BZDR treatment and the health status of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods: Cross-sectional study in 395 AD patients using bivariate and multiple logistic analyses to assess correlations between the prescription of BZDR and patients' characteristics (cognitive and functional capacity, health-related quality of life (HrQoL), neuropsychiatric symptoms).