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Exploration of ambulant cardiological supply and process evaluation of the cardiology contract

Conditions
cardiological health services
Registration Number
DRKS00013070
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Abt. Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
236
Inclusion Criteria

Stage 1 (qualitative-explorative):

- Cardiologists participating in the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the doctors need to be specialists in internal medicine with or without cardiology as a core area. They furthermore need to participate in the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V either as a single medical practitioner or as an ambulatory healthcare center.

- Cardiologists not participating in the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the doctors need to be specialists in internal medicine with or without cardiology as a core area. They must not participate in the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V.

- General practitioners participating in the hausarztzentrierte Versorgung and cooperating with the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the general practitioners need to be practice-based and enrolled in the HzV-contract of the AOK Baden-Württemberg as well as the general practitioner’s contract of the Bosch BKK. Furthermore, they need to cooperate with the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V.

- General practitioners not participating in the hausarztzentrierte Versorgung and not cooperating with the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the general practitioners need to be practice-based and must not be enrolled in the HzV-contract of the AOK Baden-Württemberg and/or as the general practitioner’s contract of the Bosch BKK. Therefore, they must also not cooperate with the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V.

- Stakeholders: stakeholders will be recruited within the institutions of the contract parties (AOK Baden-Württemberg, Bosch BKK, MEDIVERBUND, BNK, BNFI) as well as the Association of SHI Physicians in Baden-Württemberg (KVBW), the German Association of General Practitioners Baden-Württemberg and the General Practitioners’ Contractual Community AG (HÄVG). Stakeholders are persons who were actively involved in the development and execution of the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie and/or who have extensive background knowledge at their disposal. They need to be at least 18 years old.

Stage 2 (quantitative):

- Cardiologists participating in the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the doctors need to be specialists in internal medicine with or without cardiology as a core area. They furthermore need to participate in the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V either as a single medical practitioner or as an ambulatory healthcare center. All specialists enrolled in the FacharztProgramm within Baden-Württemberg who are practice-based and active in the field of cardiology will be invited to participate in the study.

- General practitioners participating in the hausarztzentrierte Versorgung and cooperating with the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the general practitioners need to be practice-based and enrolled in the HzV-contract of the AOK Baden-Württemberg as well as the general practitioner’s contract of the Bosch BKK. Furthermore, they need to cooperate with the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V. A random sample of 300 general practitioners enrolled in the HZV will be invited to participate in the study.

- Cardiologists not participating in the FacharztProgramm Kardiologie: the doctors need to be specialists in internal medicine with or without cardiology as a core area. They furthermore must not participate in the FacharztProgramm according to § 73c SGB V. A random sample with a maximum of 100 specialists not enrolled in the FacharztProgramm within Baden-Württemberg who are practice-based and active in the field of cardiology wil

Exclusion Criteria

Cardiologists or general practitioners who are not practice-based and do not have their licence, SHI physician's place of business and main establishment within Baden-Württemberg. Furthermore, unsufficient knowledge of the German language is a criterion for exclusion.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Exploration:<br>- of the program's fidelity and potential mechanisms behind it<br>- of relevant context factors influencing the implementation and results of the FacharztProgramm<br>- of patient care, praticte structures and cooperation between renderers of service within and outside of the contracts<br><br>Measurement through a written basic questionnaire, qualitative, structured interviews and an expanded written questionnaire afterwards.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Exploration:<br>- of motivation for participating or not participating in the FacharztProgramm<br>- of characteristics of participating patients from the doctors' point of view<br>- of characteristics of participating as well as non-participating cardiologists and general practitioners<br>- of positive as well as negative by-products of the FacharztProgramm from the doctors' point of view<br>- of strategies supporting the implementation of the FacharztProgramm<br>- of satisfaction of participating doctors with the FacharztProgramm<br><br>Measurement through a written basic questionnaire, qualitative, structured interviews and an expanded written questionnaire afterwards.<br>
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