Who is where at risk for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? A spatial epidemiological analysis of health insurance claims for COPD in Northeastern Germany

• Boris Kauhl ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: boris.kauhl@nordost.aok.de

  Affiliations AOK Nordost–Die Gesundheitskasse, Department of Medical Care, Berlin, Germany, Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Department III, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-4384

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• Werner Maier,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Neuherberg, Germany

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• Jürgen Schweikart,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Department III, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics, Berlin, Germany

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• Andrea Keste,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AOK Nordost–Die Gesundheitskasse, Department of Medical Care, Berlin, Germany

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• Marita Moskwyn

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation AOK Nordost–Die Gesundheitskasse, Department of Medical Care, Berlin, Germany

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