Evaluation of PC+ 2.0 in Blue Care according to Triple Aim
- Conditions
- Measuring the effects of PC+ on referral rates to hospital care (‘substitution task’) and measuring the effects of PC+ on triple aim outcomes (patient health status, experience of care and health care costs).
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29253
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum (MUMC+)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 3660
Included in the study are all adult patients (≥18 years) registered with a GP in the region Maastricht-Heuvelland who are referred during the intervention period via the TIPP system or via the GPs service desk with non-acute, non-
complex health problems to the medical specialities which provide primary care plus consultations (internal medicine, neurology, orthopaedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, rheumatology, gynecology, urology, ENT and in time possibly other medical specialties) and patients who give informed consent.
Excluded from participation in this study are patients present in general practice with: 1)
acute health problems which require immediate referral to hospital care; 2) complex health
problems that require more sophisticated diagnostics or treatments not available in a PC+
setting; 3) complaints related to a prior diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and/or vascular risks, i.e. conditions for which bundled payment contracts
exist between regional health insurers and ZIO.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome of this study is the referral rate from PC+ to hospital care.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method