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HPDnet: The Future of Child and Adolescent Healthcare – Integrating Hospital Pediatric Departments into Health Networks in order to Improve Patient-Centered Care for Children with Kidney Disease

HPDnet: The Future of Child and Adolescent Healthcare – Integrating Hospital Pediatric Departments into Health Networks in order to Improve Patient-Centered Care for Children with Kidney Disease - HPDnet

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00033967
Enrollment
396
Registered
2024-03-26
Start date
2024-06-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

N00 - N08 Glomerular diseases

Interventions

Group 1: WP1: Regional analysis of patient pathways Retrospective analysis of the care pathways of children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease in the Cologne care region across all healthcare

Sponsors

Seminar für ABWL und Management im Gesundheitswesen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: WP3: - Inpatient departments with specialization in pediatric care (department codes: 1000; 1004; 1005; 1006; 1007; 1009; 1011; 1012; 1014; 1028; 1050; 1051; 1090; 1091; 1093; 1096; 1100; 1136; 1190; 1300; 1500; 1513) and/or specialization in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric kidney diseases (VK 04) - Treatment of >= 10 cases from study-relevant ICDs per year WP4: For children (6 to 13 years) and adolescents (14 to 17 years): Treatment in the pediatric nephrology department of the University Hospital of Cologne based on the assignment of one of the following ICD-10 codes: N00 - N08, N10 - N16, N17 - N19, N20 - N23, N25-N29, N30 - N39, Q60 - Q64, Z90.5, Z94.0 , D59.3, G95.84, I10.90, R31, R80 Or one of the following EBM codes: 04560, 04561, 04562, 04563, 04564, 04565, 04566, 04572, 04573 Or one of the following OPS-Codes: 8-979.00, 8-979.10, 8-979.20, 8-97c.00, 8-97c.10, 8-97c.20, 8-97c.30, 8-97c.40, 8-97c.50, 1-463.0, 1-465.0, 1-334.0, 5-555.0-5.555.y For parents or guardians: Treatment of a child based on a diagnosis according to the above-mentioned ICD codes or documented EBM codes or OPS codes

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: WP3: - Inpatient department without pediatric specialization (according to department code) and/or care focus on diagnostics and therapy of pediatric kidney diseases (VK 04) - Treatment of <10 cases from study-relevant ICDs per year WP4: Adults and/or children and adolescents without the above-mentioned ICD codes or documented EBM codes or OPS codes

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Direction (proportion of admissions and referrals per department) and volume (relative and absolute number of pediatric-nephrological cases) of patient flows in regional care networks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
WP1: Complexity (number of care providers involved), intensity (contacts with a care provider) and dynamics (time periods with extremely low/high intensity and complexity) of patient-provider relationships for the Cologne care region (secondary data: CoRe-Net) WP2: Organizational care indicators of pediatric-nephrological cases (number of cases) and care expertise (number and degree of specialization of pediatric hospital departments) (secondary data: structured quality reports) WP3: Relational coordination and cooperation factors for the care of pediatric-nephrological cases of healthcare providers (survey) WP4: Patient-centered care of nephrology-pediatric patients (interviews)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLudwig Kuntz

Seminar für ABWL und Management im Gesundheitswesen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln

hpdnet-info@uni-koeln.de+49-221-470-5417

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026