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Open AccessGerman translation and validation of the Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events Scale (RoCAES-D)
Reporting of adverse events is an important aspect of patient safety management in hospitals, which may help to prevent future adverse events. Yet, only a small proportion of such events is actually reported i...
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Open AccessCorrelation between patient quality of life in palliative care and burden of their family caregivers: a prospective observational cohort study
Family caregivers play a key role in palliative care at home, and understanding the interdependencies in the constellation of patient, family caregivers and service providers is important. As few longitudinal ...
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Lebensqualität als integraler Bestandteil der Therapieentscheidung
Wesentliche Therapieziele der Behandlung von alten Patienten bleiben Erhalt des Lebens sowie Erhalt der individuellen Lebensqualität mit Autonomie und gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe. Das nominelle Lebensalter ist...
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Open AccessAnalysing horizontal equity in enrolment in Disease Management Programmes for coronary heart disease in Germany 2008–2010
Disease Management Programmes (DMPs) have been introduced in Germany ten years ago with the aim to improve effectiveness and equity of care, but little is known about the degree to which enrolment in the progr...
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Open AccessPractice assistants in primary care in Germany – associations with organizational attributes on job satisfaction
Job satisfaction and organizational attributes in primary care teams are important issues as they affect clinical outcomes and the quality of health care provided. As practice assistants are an integral part o...
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Open AccessPalliative patients cared for at home by PAMINO-trained and other GPs – health-related quality of life as measured by QLQ-C15-PAL and POS
To maintain patients’ quality of life is one of the major goals in palliative home care provided by general practitioners (GPs). GPs need adequate training to care for palliative patients. The paper seeks to e...
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Open AccessTechnical support and delegation to practice staff – status quo and (possible) future perspectives for primary health care in Germany
Primary health care in industrialized countries faces major challenges due to demographic changes, an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and a shortage of primary care physicians. One approach to counte...
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Comorbidity and patient-reported quality of care: an evaluation of the primary care based German disease management program for type 2 diabetes
Previous evaluations of the German disease management program (DMP) for type 2 diabetes show that this approach curbs drug and hospital costs, may reduce mortality and improve quality of diabetes care. Otherwi...
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Open AccessQuestionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care-psychometric properties and test-retest reliability
The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an evidence-based approach to improving the structure of care for chronically ill patients with multimorbidity. The Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC), an instrument comm...
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Open AccessA comparison of the workload of rural and urban primary care physicians in Germany: analysis of a questionnaire survey
Many western countries are facing an existing or imminent shortage of primary care physicians especially in rural areas. In Germany, working in rural areas is often thought to be associated with more working h...
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Open AccessHealth related quality of life and comorbidity. A descriptive analysis comparing EQ-5D dimensions of patients in the German disease management program for type 2 diabetes and patients in routine care
The co-occurance of multiple medical conditions has a negative impact on health related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients with type 2 diabetes. These patients demand for intensified care programs. Participa...
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Open AccessApplicability of the assessment of chronic illness care (ACIC) instrument in Germany resulting in a new questionnaire: questionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care
The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an evidence based, population based approach to improve care for people with chronic conditions. The Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) instrument is widely used to measu...
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Open AccessBecoming a general practitioner - Which factors have most impact on career choice of medical students?
In Germany, there is a shortage of young physicians in several specialties, the situation of general practitioners (GP) being especially precarious. The factors influencing the career choice of German medical ...
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Open AccessEffectiveness and efficiency of primary care based case management for chronic diseases: rationale and design of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials [CRD32009100316]
Case management is an important component of structured and evidence-based primary care for chronically ill patients. Its effectiveness and efficiency has been evaluated in numerous clinical trials. This proto...
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Einbeziehung nichtärztlicher Gesundheitsberufe in die Primärversorgung chronisch kranker Patienten
Die Versorgung chronischer Krankheiten und Multimorbidität stellen eine zunehmende Herausforderung dar. Die speziellen Anforderungen multipel und chronisch erkrankter Patienten lassen die hausärztliche Versorg...
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Open AccessAdditional impact of concomitant hypertension and osteoarthritis on quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care in Germany – a cross-sectional survey
Patients with type 2 diabetes are likely to have comorbid conditions which represent a high burden for patients and a challenge for primary care physicians. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to assess...
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Antihypertensive medikamentöse Therapie von gesetzlich und privat versicherten Patienten in der Primärversorgung
Die arterielle Hypertonie weist in Deutschland eine mittlere Prävalenz von deutlich über 20% auf. Die kardiovaskuläre Morbidität und Mortalität stehen mit der Hypertonie in einem engen kausalen Zusammenhang. S...
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Open AccessThe role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Germany – A focus group study of GPs
There has been a marked increase in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in recent years worldwide. In Germany, apart from 'Heilpraktiker' (= state-licensed, non-medical CAM practitioners), ...
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Open AccessThe PAMINO-project: evaluating a primary care-based educational program to improve the quality of life of palliative patients
The care of palliative patients challenges the health care system in both quantity and quality. Especially the role of primary care givers needs to be strengthened to provide them with the knowledge and the co...
