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Regional Variation in the Primary Medical Care of Northern Germany (AVFN)

2. august 2017 opdateret af: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Regional Variation of Patient Population and Reasons for Consultation in the Primary Medical Care of Northern Germany

The study explores the variation in the patient populations and describes regional differences regarding the reasons for consultations in the primary medical care in Germany. The data collection will be stratified by rural and urban areas as well as environs. The data set will include a large variety of data about physicians, patients and health care utilization.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Inappropriate supply and the increasing demand on the health care system have been of concern for health policy in Germany for the last 15 years. Concerning primary care, this especially relates to an undersupply of rural GPs (general practitioners). But there also seem to be other relevant regional differences, e.g. a lower number of house calls in larger cities, a greater number of psychiatric (co-)morbidities in the cities, a greater spectrum of services offered by rural doctors, and a difference in accessing primary and secondary care between the rural and the urban areas. Despite these results, differences between rural and urban areas have not been studied extensively in Germany. Therefore this study aims to explore regional variation of patient populations and their reasons for accessing primary care.

The study is based on standardized interviews with 240 GPs and approximately 1.200 patients in Northern Germany. Questionnaires are based on a preliminary qualitative study and were pretested. The GP's questionnaire comprises characteristics of the GP and the practice, patient types, reasons for consultation and services offered. The patient's questionnaire includes sociodemographic data and past medical history, quality of life, access to the GP, specialists and hospitals, perceived social support, health behaviour and the reasons for their consultations. Data will be analysed by descriptive statistics and different regression modelling strategies adjusted for possible confounders and the GP-induced cluster structure.

Undersøgelsestype

Observationel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

1022

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Tyskland
      • Hamburg, Tyskland, 20246
        • Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

18 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Prøveudtagningsmetode

Sandsynlighedsprøve

Studiebefolkning

The study is located in Northern Germany. We included all districts and cities ("Landkreise" and "Kreisfreie Städte") which have at least 20% of their area within a maximum linear distance of 100kms from our study centre in Hamburg. We assigned all districts and cities to three region types: "urban area", "environs" and "rural area". In each region type 80 GPs will be recruited and stratified by district. The prospected sample size in each district unit corresponds to its population size in relation to the total population in the respective region type. In each GP practice 15 patients will be selected at random (using random number tables) and invited to participate in the study. From our experience with similar studies we anticipate a response rate of 33%.

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • having consulted the practice within the last 3 months and
  • being patient of the practice since at least 36 months (i.e. at least one consultation before 36 or more months)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no capacity to consent (e.g. because of dementia)
  • insufficient German language skills to conduct interview
  • not able to participate in the interviews (e.g. because of deafness or major depression)

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

Kohorter og interventioner

Gruppe / kohorte
Intervention / Behandling
Primary medical care in rural areas
People living in districts, where less than 50% of the population live in cities with more than 20,000 residents and the population density outside of the cities is below 100 people per km². Excluding people living in cities with a population of at least 100,000 residents.
Andet: Primary medical care
All study participants receive primary care as usual in the respective region
Primary medical care in region environs
People living in districts, where 50% or more of the population live in cities with more than 20,000 residents and/or population density outside of the cities is above 100 people per km². Excluding people living in cities with a population of at least 100,000 residents.
Andet: Primary medical care
All study participants receive primary care as usual in the respective region
Primary medical care in in urban areas
People living in cities with a population of at least 100,000 residents.
Andet: Primary medical care
All study participants receive primary care as usual in the respective region

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Reasons for consultation and utilized services in the GP practice
Tidsramme: 3 months
Short form of the German version of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) with 38 different services (e.g. vaccinations, patient education or referrals) and 100 consultation reasons (e.g. disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract) in 17 subject areas (e.g. digestive system).
3 months

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Patient population in the GP practice
Tidsramme: 3 months
List of 27 patient types regarding their health care utilization behaviour
3 months
Health care utilization
Tidsramme: 3 months
Frequency of accessing GPs, specialists, general hospitals and rehab hospitals
3 months

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Martin Scherer, Prof. Dr., Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Generelle publikationer

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

1. maj 2015

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. maj 2017

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. juli 2017

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

2. september 2015

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

21. september 2015

Først opslået (Skøn)

24. september 2015

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

3. august 2017

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

2. august 2017

Sidst verificeret

1. august 2017

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • KVHH-KVSH-2015/1

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