About the Authors

Jens Hoebel

j.hoebel@rki.de

Affiliation Unit of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Petra Rattay

Affiliation Unit of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Franziska Prütz

Affiliation Unit of Health Reporting, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Alexander Rommel

Affiliation Unit of Health Reporting, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Lampert

Affiliation Unit of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: JH PR. Wrote the paper: JH PR FP AR TL. Conceptualizing the analysis: JH PR. Searching the literature and summarizing the state of research: PR AR JH. Presentation of results, interpretation of findings, and drawing conclusions: JH PR FP AR TL.