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{"title":"[Quality-assured treatment in certified breast cancer centre networks in Upper Franconia, Germany: An analysis based on data of the Bavarian Cancer Registry].","authors":"Sophie Friebel, Andrea Thater, Vinzenz Völkel, Monika Klinkhammer-Schalke, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Martin Emmert","doi":"10.1055/a-2251-5564","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2251-5564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the most common cancer-related cause of death among women in Germany. The treatment in certified breast cancer centre networks is recommended to ensure high-quality care. The aim of the study was to determine the percentage of breast cancer patients receiving cancer treatment in certified breast cancer centre networks in Upper Franconia, Germany.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study considered the location of treatment and the certification status of providers with regard to initial diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation during breast cancer care. Based on this, we compared patient characteristics receiving cancer care in certified and non-certified cancer centres and their networks. The evaluation was based on a dataset of the Bavarian Cancer Registry (4/2017-3/2022).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis included 5,545 primary tumors from a total of 5,355 patients (age: 64.5±14.2 years; 99.2% female). The percentage of patients receiving care in certified breast cancer centre networks was 78.8% for initial diagnosis, 82.6% for surgery, 79.5% for chemotherapy, and 99.6% for radiation, respectively. The weighted mean across all treatment sequences was 84.3%. Patients receiving care in certified care networks were significantly younger for three therapy sequences (p+<+0.001). In addition, an above-average proportion of patients with advanced tumor stages were treated in non-certified care networks, especially for diagnosis and surgery (p+<+0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Regarding the different treatment sequences, we found differences in the proportion of patients who received quality-assured treatment in certified breast cancer centre networks in Upper Franconia. When comparing similar analysis, the results show an average care percentage of patients receiving care in certified care networks. Furthermore, it should be ensured that patients receive comprehensive information about receiving care in certified cancer centre networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[An Experience Report on the Evaluation of New Forms of Care for People with Mental Illness: Pros and Cons of the Use of SHI Claims Data].","authors":"Anne Neumann, Roman Kliemt, Fabian Baum, Martin Seifert, Denise Kubat, Stefanie March, Ines Weinhold, Enno Swart, Jochen Schmitt","doi":"10.1055/a-2297-5347","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2297-5347","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present article describes the special features of an evaluation of research in mental health services in Germany. The experiences of the evaluation of flexible and integrated treatment options with a global treatment budget in psychiatric hospitals based on routine data of more than 70 statutory health insurance (SHI) funds (EVA64 study) are systematically presented. Using the EVA64 study as an example, recommendations for the use of claims data in the field of mental health services research and in general are derived. (1) First, the study and its use of claims data is described and classified. (2) The individual outcomes of the study are presented and evaluated in order to (3) derive criteria, identify strengths and suggest potential uses of claims data. (4) Finally, recommendations for the further development of claims data from SHI funds as a basis for evaluation are described.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Obtaining a Second Opinion in Germany: an Analysis of the Billing Data of the Health Insurer AOK Nordost].","authors":"Dunja Bruch, Olga Resch, Stephanie Sehlen, Barbara Prediger, Filip Schröter, Achim Franzen, Cecile Ronckers, Edmund Neugebauer, Susann May","doi":"10.1055/a-2304-5361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2304-5361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this billing data analysis was to examine the implementation of the second opinion directive in Germany and to investigate how often informing patients about their right to a second opinion (SO) and obtaining a SO are documented.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To examine the frequency of \"informing about SO\" and \"obtaining an SO\", insured patients who received an indication for tonsillectomy, tonsillotomy or hysterectomy in 2019 or 2020 were included, as well as insured patients who received an indication for shoulder arthroscopy in Q2-Q3 2020. Data were analyzed descriptively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, 5307 surgeries were reported for the above-mentioned indications. \"Informing about SO\" was documented for 121 patients with surgery and \"obtaining an SO\" was documented for 12 patients with surgery. The proportion of documented \"informing about SO\" compared to the number of surgeries was highest for tonsillectomy/tonsillotomy<18 years (4%) and lowest for shoulder arthroscopy (0.6%). In total, no patient was documented for both \"informing about SO\" and \"obtaining an SO\".</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present billing data analysis shows that information about the right to an SO according to the directive as well as the obtaining of such an SO has not yet been implemented in standard care as required by law.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[M2Q or Something else? The Impact of Varying Case Selection Criteria on the Prevalence Estimation of Chronic Diseases Based on Outpatient Diagnoses in German Claims Data].","authors":"Jelena Epping, Jona T Stahmeyer, Fabian Tetzlaff, Juliane Tetzlaff","doi":"10.1055/a-2052-6477","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2052-6477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To determine the prevalence of chronic disease conditions based on outpatient health insurance data, we often rely on repeated occurrence of a diagnosis over the course of a year, usually in two or more quarters (M2Q). It remains unclear whether prevalence estimates change after adapting repeated occurrence of a diagnosis in different quarters of a year compared to a single occurrence or to some other case selection criteria. This study applies different case selection criteria and analyses their impact on the prevalence estimation based on outpatient diagnoses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Administrative prevalence for 2019 was estimated for eight chronic conditions based on outpatient physician diagnoses. We applied five case selection criteria: (1) single occurrence, (2) repeated occurrence (including in the same quarter or treatment case), (3) repeated occurrence in at least two different treatment cases (including in the same quarter), (4) occurrence in two quarters and (5) occurrence in two consecutive quarters. Only information on persons with continuous insurance history within the statutory health insurance provider AOK Niedersachsen in 2019 was used (n=2,168,173).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prevalence estimates differed quite strongly depending on the diagnosis and on age group if a criterion with repeated occurrence of a diagnosis was applied compared to a single occurrence. These differences turned out to be higher among men and younger patients. The application of a repeated occurrence (criterion 2) did not show different results compared to the repeated occurrence in at least two treatment cases (criterion 3) or in two quarters (criterion 4). The application of the strict criterion of two consecutive quarters (criterion 5) resulted in further reduction of the prevalence estimates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Repeated occurrence is increasingly becoming the standard for diagnosis validation in health insurance claims data. Applying such criteria results partly in a distinct reduction of prevalence estimates. The definition of the study population (e. g., repeated visits to a physician in two consecutive quarters as a mandatory condition) can also strongly influence the prevalence estimates.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9524020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[The implementation of the elective subject \"Public Health\" in the final year for medical students at Göttingen University Medical Center: results of the UNITE project].","authors":"Iris Demmer, Lia Espe, Sina Biermann, Eva Hummers, Eckart Mayr, Angelika Puls","doi":"10.1055/a-2310-9105","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2310-9105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>International and national frameworks and initiatives call for strengthening the training of health professionals in the public health service (PHS) through cooperation with universities. The German Medical Licensing Regulations of 21st Sep 2021 provides for an integration of PHS into undergraduate medical training in the final year since 1st May 2022. The present study presents the procedure and results of the final year elective Public Health (PH) implementation for medical students at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) in cooperation with the local PHS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the twelve-month project UNITE (07/21-06/22), the final year elective PH was implemented in seven steps: analysis of the framework conditions, conception of the elective, preparation of a logbook, pilot phase with five students in one-week rotations, public relations for students, introduction of a medical didactic training for staff of the health department and implementation of the elective PHS with students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A cooperation agreement between UMG and the Health Department regulates the training of medical students. Students complete four-week rotations in the areas of public health service and funeral services, paediatric and adolescent medical service, infection control and social psychiatric service. The logbook for students contains learning objectives for individuals specialised in services for self-assessment of the acquired competences. The didactics training was implemented with high learning success of the participating staff. So far three final year students have successfully completed the elective.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The implementation of final year elective PHS strengthens the anchoring of public health topics in the education of medical students in Göttingen and makes PHS more visible as a professional perspective. Essential for the successful implementation were the establishment of a continuous cooperation between the university and the health department, student-oriented teaching-learning concept with a logbook suitable for the location, a trained multiprofessional team in the health department, and the evaluation of the elective for quality assurance and further development of the training. The concept presented here can help other locations in establishing the final year elective in PH and can be adapted to specific local conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Things are Moving Forward! But History is not Yet Made].","authors":"Stefanie March, Enno Swart, Falk Hoffmann","doi":"10.1055/a-2322-1291","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2322-1291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Practical Year in Public Health: 10 Years of Experience at the Public Health Department in Frankfurt].","authors":"Tom Kurjak, Peter Tinnemann, Olga Anastasia Amberger","doi":"10.1055/a-2304-5304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2304-5304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since the winter semester 2013/14, the Public Health Department in Frankfurt has been the first to offer an internship in public health to medical students in their practical year in Germany. In this study, we analyzed how students evaluated their practical experience and the logbook within clinical training at the Public Health Department.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A rotation procedure was set up and a logbook with subject-specific learning objectives was developed. After the internship, students participated in an evaluation using a standardized questionnaire. The results of the last 10 years were evaluated quantitatively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The evaluation results of 15 medical students of the last 10 years showed a very high level of internship satisfaction. There was a high acceptance of the logbook regarding structure, learning objectives and skills.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The internship at the Frankfurt Public Health Department provides the opportunity to be involved in daily activities of public health practice, gives an overview of learning objectives, and underlines good public health training.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[INTEGRATE-ADHD: Comparison and Integration of Administrative and Epidemiological ADHD Diagnosis Data through Clinical Assessment - Presentation of the Project].","authors":"Robert Schlack, Ann-Kristin Beyer, Lilian Beck, Heike Hölling, Stefan Pfeifer, Marcel Romanos, Thomas Jans, Leila Hetzke, Annalena Berner, Sophia Weyrich, Vanessa Scholz, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Anne Kaman, Martha Gilbert, Franziska Reiß, Wolfgang Greiner, Julian Witte, Lena Hasemann, Peter Heuschmann, Cornelia Fiessler, Jonas Widmann, Cordula Riederer","doi":"10.1055/a-2340-1474","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2340-1474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As one of the most frequently diagnosed mental disorders in children and adolescents with sometimes serious individual, family and social consequences, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly relevant to society and health policy. In Germany, data from statutory health insurance companies has reported increasing ADHD diagnosis prevalence rates over years, while epidemiological data has shown constant and recently even decreasing prevalence rates. The clinical validity of diagnoses from either data sources is unknown. In the framework of the consortium project INTEGRATE-ADHD, 5461 parents of children aged 0 to 17 years with a confirmed administrative ADHD diagnosis insured with the third-largest German statutory health insurance provider (DAK-Gesundheit) in at least one quarter of 2020 were surveyed with the questionnaires from the epidemiological German Health Interview and Examination Survey (KiGGS study) and its in-depth module on child mental health (BELLA study) on their child's ADHD diagnosis and symptoms and on other topics, including comorbidity, utilisation of healthcare services, quality of care and satisfaction, psychosocial risk and protective factors and health-related quality of life. In addition, a subsample of 202 children and adolescents with a clinical diagnosis based on the AMWF S3 guideline on ADHD was analysed. An important aim of the project is to use data linkage on person-level to identify possible causes for the often divergent prevalence estimates from epidemiological and administrative data and to integrate and validate the data sources using a guideline-based clinical diagnosis, thereby contributing to a more accurate population-based prevalence estimate of ADHD in children and adolescents and clarifying actual or supposed contradictions between the data sources. The INTEGRATE-ADHD data linkage project combines administrative, epidemiological and clinical ADHD diagnosis data to create a \"three-dimensional view\" of the ADHD diagnosis. The results will be used to identify fields of action for healthcare policy and self-administration in the German healthcare system and to derive recommendations for the actors and stakeholders in the field of ADHD. The first results will be published in 2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141793778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Reducing Health Inequalities: Development of a Stepwise Procedure from Data to Political Interventions].","authors":"Andreas Mielck, Verina Wild","doi":"10.1055/a-2217-7761","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2217-7761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low socioeconomic status (assessed by indicators such as educational level or income) is often associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This has been shown in many empirical studies, also in Germany. There are numerous calls for political interventions aimed at reducing these health inequalities, in scientific discussions as well as in the public. Asked for scientifically based recommendations on how to proceed 'from data to action̓, we have to admit that we are still faced with many questions and few answers. Developing these recommendations poses many challenges such as, for example, how to integrate the expertise from different public health disciplines. The present study focuses on the cooperation between social epidemiology, public health ethics and health economics, as we believe that these three disciplines are of particular importance here. We briefly outline what each of them could contribute to the development of practical interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities. We particularly emphasize the importance of public health ethics, as it focuses on questions that to date have largely been neglected in the German discussion: How can we evaluate the empirical data and the proposed political interventions from an ethical point of view? Which health inequalities are 'unjust̓, and how can this normative judgement be justified? Based on the expertise from the three disciplines mentioned above, the aim is to pave the way 'from data to action̓ by developing a well-structured stepwise procedure for interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities. The joint scheme could be very beneficial not only for developing practical interventions, but also for further developing each discipline in itself. The simple scheme proposed here could be a starting point that helps specify many open questions on this path 'from data to action̓.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Evidence Register Green List Prevention: Analysis of the listed effectiveness-tested programmes].","authors":"Ricarda Brender, Katharina Bremer, Antje Kula, Frederick Groeger-Roth, Ulla Walter","doi":"10.1055/a-2308-7256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2308-7256","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the areas of prevention and health promotion, there is a large number of measures for children and adolescents. One way of facilitating evidence-based action for those involved in these taks is by making available online evidence registers with customised, effectiveness-tested measures. The Green List Prevention is such a register and offers an overview of evidence-based programmes in Germany, currently with a focus on psychosocial health.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aims of this study were (a) to analyse the characteristics of the available and evaluated programmes on the psychosocial health of children and adolescents, (b) to identify priorities and underrepresented areas of the Green List Prevention and (c) to optimise the search functions of the register.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The characteristic features were recorded on the basis of the existing upper categories of the register entries which were differentiated into subcategories in an inductive procedure by at least two persons. In addition, deductive categories were added for relevant aspects concerning content and implementation. The upper and lower categories formed were operationalized with characteristic values. All entries were analyzed by using a data sheet and were descriptively evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 102 programmes listed (as of 2/2024) addressed not only the primary target group of children and youth, but also secondary target groups (mainly teachers and guardians). Social and life skills programmes as well as trainings for guardians represented a focus. Behavioral prevention programmes on the topics of violence (including bullying) (63.7%), addiction (46.1%) and/or mental health (35.3%) were frequently represented, whereas nutrition and/or physical activity (4.9%) were hardly represented. Most of the programmes (88.2%) could be assigned to the eligibility criteria of the statutory health insurers (§20a SGB V). Potentials digital implementation forms and further implementation aspects were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Green List Prevention bundles a large number of different measures and that there is potential for expansion. Processing knowledge about effective measures in a user-friendly manner can be optimised through expanded search functions, so that resource-conserving, evidence-based action can be facilitated.</p>","PeriodicalId":47653,"journal":{"name":"Gesundheitswesen","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}