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. 2010 Jul 30;107(30):523–530. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2010.0523

Table 2. Change in status of patients with tracer diagnoses according to Delta-MEES.

Diagnosis Myocardial infarction
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 p
n 5596 7538 8241 9318
Improved (%) 4472 (79.91) 5862 (77.77) 6472 (78.53) 7259 (77.9) 0.001
Unchanged (%) 721 (12.88) 1040 (13.8) 1165 (14.14) 1331 (14.28) 0.003
Worse (%) 403 (7.2) 636 (8.44) 604 (7.33) 728 (7.81) 0.003
Diagnosis Stroke
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008
n 6909 7269 7806 8224
Improved (%) 4577 (66.25) 4719 (64.92) 5064 (64.87) 5196 (63.18) <0.001
Unchanged (%) 1706 (24.69) 1875 (25.79) 2008 (25.27) 2262 (27.5) 0.012
Worse (%) 626 (9.06) 675 (9.29) 734 (9.4) 766 (9.31) <0.001
Diagnosis Multiple trauma
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008
n 431 516 587 630
Improved (%) 319 (74.01) 390 (75.58) 442 (75.3) 469 (74.44) 0.001
Unchanged (%) 50 (11.6) 60 (11.63) 71 (12.1) 77 (12.22) 0.001
Worse (%) 62 (14.39) 66 (12.79) 74 (12.61) 84 (13.33) <0.001