Evaluation of the healthcare program cardiology contract of the AOK health insurance according to 73 c SGB V in Baden-Wurttemberg

• Conditions: Cardiovascular disease (heart failure, coronary heart disease, disorders of conductance and rhythm, valvular heart diseases); I50; I20; I21; I22; I23; I24; I25; I48; I49

• Registration Number: DRKS00014859
• Lead Sponsor: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 81669

Inclusion Criteria

Intervention group: patients with cardiovascular diseases who participate in the program and require actual treatment with a participating cardiologist.
Control group: patients with cardiovascular diseases who do not participate in the program and require actual treatment with a (non-participating) cardiologist in regular healthcare.
Observation period: Patient data from the period 1.1.2014 to 31.12.2016 are used for the retrospective analysis.

Exclusion Criteria

•not continuously insured with the SHI throughout 2014-2016 (except deaths in 2015-2016)
•younger than 18 years at 01/01/2015
•participating in a different innovative healthcare program (in 2014-2016)
•patient living outside of Baden-Wurttemberg according to postal code
•cardiologist’s practice outside Baden-Wurttemberg according to postal code (in 2014)

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Multiple indicators of healthcare quality (utilization, pharmacotherapy, medical outcomes) and health economic analyses