Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the need for well-functioning
primary health care (PHC) into sharp focus. PHC is the best platform for providing basic …

Background Nationwide, unbiased, and unselected data of hospitalised patients with COVID-
19 are scarce. Our aim was to provide a detailed account of case characteristics, resource …

Abstract Aims The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas has been compiled by the
European Heart Agency to document cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics of the 56 ESC …

Background COVID-19 frequently necessitates in-patient treatment and in-patient mortality is
high. Less is known about the long-term outcomes in terms of mortality and readmissions …

Primary care is the foundation of health care systems around the world. Physician autonomy
means that governments rely on a limited selection of levers to implement reforms in primary …

Background Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is the only causal treatment for respiratory
allergy. Long-term real-life effectiveness of AIT remains to be demonstrated beyond the …

This article contributes to the discussion on the determinants of diverging life expectancy in
high-income countries, with a focus on Germany. To date, much of this discourse has …

The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most
important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person …

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, modern states began to provide many of the
public services we now take for granted. Inward Conquest presents the first comprehensive …

Background Two antifibrotic drugs, pirfenidone and nintedanib, are licensed for the
treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, there is neither …