6 papers
Sequence models reveal diagnosis accumulation pathways beyond comorbidity burden in population-scale hospital data
Katharina Ledebur, Mitja Devetak, Peter Klimek
Aging trajectories vary among individuals of similar age and disease burden. Comorbidity indices, e.g. the Elixhauser index, summarize conditions cross-sectionally, but discard the…
Predicting the Emergence of the EV Industry: A Product Space Analysis Across Regions and Firms
Katharina Ledebur. Ladislav Bartuska, Klaus Friesenbichler, Peter Klimek
The automotive industry is undergoing transformation, driven by the electrification of powertrains, the rise of software-defined vehicles, and the adoption of circular economy conc…
Cultural evolution of human beauty standards
Louis Boucherie, Sagar Kumar, Katharina Ledebur +2
Beauty standards shape self-perception and health through social comparison and objectification, while exposure to idealized imagery exacerbates body-image concerns. Media and fash…
Generalizing Multimorbidity Models Across Countries: A Comparative Study of Austria and Denmark
Johanna Einsiedler, Katharina Ledebur, Peter Klimek +1
Chronic diseases frequently co-occur in patterns that are unlikely to arise by chance, a phenomenon known as multimorbidity. This growing challenge for patients and healthcare syst…
Projecting Multimorbidity and Mortality under Demographic Change and Preventive Interventions
Katharina Ledebur, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Stefan Thurner +1
As populations age, the rise of multimorbidity poses a significant healthcare challenge. However, our ability to quantitatively forecast the progression of multimorbidity remains l…
Characterization Of Diseases In Temporal Comorbidity Networks
Yuri Gardinazzi, Roger Gonzaléz March, Suprabhath Kalahasti +7
Comorbidity networks, which capture disease-disease co-occurrence usually based on electronic health records, reveal structured patterns in how diseases cluster and progress across…