title: [The natural experiment--health systems with special reference to prevention in East germany and West Germany].
abstract: Even now, decades after the partition, the GDR and the FRG have a few things in common besides many differences in their Public Health systems. Although the roots were originally common and date back to a time long before von Bismarck was at the helm of German affairs, the differences that are now in evidence have evolved under the influence of different politicocultural systems-a natural experiment. This situation is now reviewed in the following article, although very little literature or current comparable data are available. Particular emphasis in this review is on preventive care.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinicke
mesh_terms: D005859:Germany, East; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Das natürliche Experiment--Gesundheitssysteme unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Prävention in der DDR und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.