Fig. 2: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 21 indicators, adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRR), 2018–2023.
From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incident diagnoses in German refugee centres 2018 to 2023
The incidence rate ratios (IRR) are presented with associated 95% confidence intervals (CI). Estimates are derived for each indicator separately and adjusted for the proportion of males, the proportion of adults, secular trends, and potential influences of the characteristics of refugee centres (random intercept). Y-axis: log-scale. Circles: Estimates derived from data subset 2 using monthly occupancy numbers in refugee centres as denominator (main analysis). Squares: Estimates derived from data subset 1 using monthly patient numbers of clinics in refugee centres as denominator and additionally adjusting for country of origin (Sensitivity analysis 1). Note, that the model for the variable “Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism” (short label: Blood) did not converge in Sensitivity analysis 1. Therefore, the results of this variable are given for the main analysis only. For definition of short indicator labels, see Table 2. Source data are provided in the ‘source_data.xlsx’ file.
