World-wide, shortages of primary care physicians and an increased demand for services have
provided the impetus for delivering team-based primary care. The diversity of the primary …

PURPOSE Hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are seen as
potentially avoidable with optimal primary care. Little is known, however, about how primary …

Das Chronic Care Modell (CCM) als ein Rahmenkonzept zur strukturierten Versorgung
chronisch Kranker sieht unter anderem den Zugang und die Kenntnis von wissenschaftlicher …

Objective Self‐efficacy – the confidence to carry out certain behaviour in order to achieve a
specific goal – has increasingly been recognized as an essential prerequisite of effective self‐…

Hintergrund Erfolgreiche und praxisrelevante Forschung in der Allgemeinmedizin bedarf
einer interdisziplinären und interprofessionellen Zusammenarbeit zwischen hausärztlichen …

The patients’ active participation in their medical care is important for patients with chronic
diseases. Measurements of patient activation are needed for studies and in clinical practice. …

Background One of the most widely used self-reporting tools assessing diabetes self-management
in English is the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) measure. To …

Background: Patients with multiple chronic conditions are at high risk for potentially
avoidable hospitalizations, which may be reduced by care coordination and self-management …

Care management is seen as a promising approach to address the complex care needs of
patients with multimorbidity. Predictive modeling based on insurance claims data is an …

Background Cardiovascular risk management plays an important role in primary care. In
patients at high risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) lifestyle and, where appropriate, medical …