Project

Gender, Hospitalization, and Mortality (Dissertation)

Andreas Höhn, Anna Oksuzyan, Roland Rau, Kaare Christensen (Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography Unit, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

This PhD project, successfully defended on March 30,2020, explored gender differences in mortality and health among individuals of middle and older ages and the factors that contribute to these differentials. The analyses were based on routinely-collected health care records for the total Danish population, particularly hospital records. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Ageing, Mortality and Longevity, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology

Region keywords:

Denmark, Germany, Sweden

Publications

Höhn, A.; Gampe, J.; Lindahl-Jacobsen, R.; Christensen, K.; Oksuzyan, A.:

Do men avoid seeking medical advice? A register-based analysis of gender-specific changes in primary healthcare use after first hospitalization at ages 60+ in Denmark

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 74:7, 573–579. (2020)

Seaman, R. J.; Höhn, A.; Lindahl-Jacobsen, R.; Martikainen, P.; van Raalte, A. A.; Christensen, K.:

Rethinking morbidity compression

European Journal of Epidemiology 35:5, 381–388. (2020)

Höhn, A.; Aagaard Larsen, L.; Schneider, D. C.; Lindahl-Jacobsen, R.; Rau, R.; Christensen, K.; Oksuzyan, A.:

Sex differences in the 1-year risk of dying following all-cause and cause-specific hospital admission after age 50 in comparison with a general and non-hospitalized population: a register-based cohort study of the Danish population

BMJ Open 8:7, e021813–e021813. (2018)

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