Title |
Effect of the delegation of GP-home visits on the development of the number of patients in an ambulatory healthcare centre in Germany
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-355 |
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Authors |
Neeltje van den Berg, Romy Heymann, Claudia Meinke, Sebastian E Baumeister, Steffen Fleßa, Wolfgang Hoffmann |
Abstract |
The AGnES-concept (AGnES: GP-supporting, community-based, e-health-assisted, systemic intervention) was developed to support general practitioners (GPs) in undersupplied regions. The project aims to delegate GP-home visits to qualified AGnES-practice assistants, to increase the number of patients for whom medical care can be provided.This paper focuses on the effect of delegating GP-home visits on the total number of patients treated. First, the theoretical number of additional patients treated by delegating home visits to AGnES-practice assistants was calculated. Second, actual changes in the number of patients in participating GP-practices were analyzed. |
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