Inhalt des Dokuments
Health care systems in transition: Germany
Autor | Busse R,
Riesberg A |
Verlag | Copenhagen: WHO
Regional Office for Europe on behalf of the European Observatory on
Health Systems and Policies |
Zusammenfassung
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The Federal Republic of Germany is situated in
central Europe and covers an area of about 357 000 km2. The longest
distance from north to south is 876 km, from west to east 640 km. The
country shares borders with (clockwise from the north) Denmark,
Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg,
Belgium and the Netherlands (Fig. 1). Germany has 82.5 million
inhabitants, with 42.2 million women and 40.3 million men.
The
area of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the eastern
part of Germany accounts for 108 000 km2 (30%) of the total land. Its
13.5 million residents represent 16% of the country’s total
population (2003 figures, excluding the eastern part of Berlin with
about 1 million inhabitants). The population density is unevenly
distributed and varies between 75 inhabitants per km2 in Mecklenburg
Western-Pomerania and 3804 inhabitants per km2 in Berlin. Of the 19
cities with more than 300 000 inhabitants only three (including
Berlin) are in the eastern part of Germany. The largest city is the
capital Berlin, with 3.4 million inhabitants. Other densely populated
areas are the Rhine-Ruhr region with about 11 million people and the
Rhine-Main area surrounding Frankfurt.
Weiterführende Links
- 2004.busse hit.Germany summary [2]
- 2004.busse hit.Germany summary-x [3]
- 2004.busse hit.Germany [4]
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04.publications/2004.busse_hit.Germany_summary.pdf
04.publications/2004.busse_hit.Germany_summary-x.pdf
04.publications/2004.busse_hit.Germany.pdf