Cooperation networks of ambulatory healthcare providers: exploration of mechanisms that influence coordination of care

Group 1: Study 1: - All practice owners will receive a written questionnaire to provide basic information on their practice. - All general practitioners will receive a written questionnaire on coope

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - General practitioner's practices: Registered/located in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate or Saarland. - General practitioners: Being of legal age and able to consent. - Practice assistants: Being of legal age and able to consent. - Patients: Having at least 3 chronic medical, cardiovascular conditions (one of them based on atherosclerosis), being of legal age and able to consent. - Cardiologists: Being of legal age and able to consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - General practitioner's practices: Registered/located outside of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate or Saarland. - General practitioners: Not being of legal age and/or not being able to consent. - Practice assistants: Not being of legal age and/or not being able to consent. - Patients: Having not at least 3 chronic medical conditions and/or none of them being based on atherosclerosis/being cardiovascular and/or not being of legal age and/or not being able to consent. - Cardiologists: Registered/located outside of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate or Saarland. Not being of legal age and/or not being able to consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Coordination of health care from the patients' perspectives	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Cooperation networks of health care providers - Claims-data based measures of coordination of health care	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristine Arnold

Universitätsklinikum HeidelbergAbteilung Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung

christine.arnold@med.uni-heidelberg.de062215634756

Outcome results

None listed