Table 1.
Overview on organisational variables and routine care data collected during Part II of the study.
| Source | Category | Variable |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire on organisational characteristics | Personal information | Gender of PCP |
| Job title | ||
| Work experience | ||
| Organisational affiliation | ||
| Information on the PCP office | Organisational structure | |
| Co-operations | ||
| Opening hours, capacity | ||
| Number of consulting rooms | ||
| Number of waiting seats | ||
| Human resources | ||
| Mean sick days/year | ||
| Mean continued education days/year | ||
| Frequency of team meetings | ||
| Control statistics (free text) | ||
| Participation in disease management program CHD | ||
| Home visits | ||
| Telemedicine | ||
| Demand (mean waiting time for appointment (days)) | ||
| Proportion of patients without appointment (%) | ||
| Mean duration of stay in the PCP office (min) | ||
| Mean waiting time (min) | ||
| Mean duration of treatment (min) | ||
| Other organisational aspects (free text) | ||
| Routine care data—diagnoses | Coronary heart disease | I20.- Angina Pectoris |
| I21.- Acute myocardial infarction | ||
| I22.- Subsequent myocardial infarction | ||
| I23.- Certain current complications following acute myocardial infarction | ||
| I24.- Other acute ischemic heart diseases | ||
| I25.- Chronic ischemic heart disease | ||
| Dementia | F00.- Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease | |
| F01.- Vascular dementia | ||
| F02.- Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere | ||
| F03.- Unspecified dementia | ||
| F06.7 Mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition | ||
| G30.- Alzheimer’s disease | ||
| Mood [affective] disorders | F30.- Manic episode | |
| F31.- Bipolar affective disorder | ||
| F32.- Depressive episode | ||
| F33.- Recurrent depressive disorder | ||
| F34.- Persistent mood [affective] disorders | ||
| F38.- Other mood [affective] disorders | ||
| F39.- Unspecified mood [affective] disorder | ||
| Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders | F40.- Phobic anxiety disorders | |
| F41.- Other anxiety disorders | ||
| F42.- Obsessive-compulsive disorder | ||
| F43.- Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders | ||
| F43.0 Acute stress reaction | ||
| F43.1 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | ||
| F43.2; 43.8; 43.9 Adjustment disorders | ||
| F44.- Dissociative (conversion) disorders | ||
| F45.- Somatoform disorders | ||
| F48.- Other neurotic disorders | ||
| Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders | F20.- Schizophrenia | |
| F21.- Schizotypal disorder | ||
| F22.- Persistent delusional disorders | ||
| F23.- Acute and transient psychotic disorder | ||
| F24.- Induced delusional disorder | ||
| F25.- Schizoaffective disorders | ||
| F28.- Other nonorganic psychotic disorders | ||
| F29.- Unspecified nonorganic psychosis | ||
| Routine care data—prescriptions | Antipsychotics (N05A) | |
| Anxiolytics (N05B) | ||
| Hypnotics and sedatives (N05C) | ||
| Antidepressants (N06A) | ||
| Psychostimulants (N06B) | ||
| Anti-dementia drugs (N06D) | ||
| St. John’s wort (N05CP03, N06AP01, N06AP51) | ||
| Valerian root (N05CP01, N05CP51, N05CP06) | ||
| Lavender oil (N05BP03) | ||
| Ginkgo-biloba (N06DP01, N06DA53) | ||
| Routine care data—referrals | Internist/Internal Medicine (LANR 23) | |
| Cardiologist (LANR 28) | ||
| Neurology (LANR 53) | ||
| Neurology and Psychiatry (LANR 51) | ||
| Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (LANR 58) | ||
| Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy (LANR 60) | ||
| Psychotherapeutic doctor (LANR 61) | ||
| Psychological psychotherapist (LANR 68) | ||
| Routine care data—billing code | Billing for services provided by the statutory health insurance funds (“Einheitlicher Bewertungsmaßstab”, EBM) | 01612: Consultation report before psychotherapy |
| 03230: Problem-oriented medical discussion necessitated by the nature and severity of the illness. Counselling and discussion of the therapeutic, family, social or professional consequences and their management in connection with the disease(s) which, due to their nature and severity, make the interview necessary, per 10 min completed | ||
| 03212: Supplement to the flat rates for insured persons according to Nos. 03110 to 03112 for the treatment of an insured person with one or more serious chronic illness(es) | ||
| 03242: Test procedure for suspected dementia | ||
| 03360: General practitioner-geriatric basic assessment | ||
| 03362: General practitioner-geriatric care complex | ||
| 30980: Clarification before the implementation of a further geriatric assessment according to the fee schedule item 30984 by a physician | ||
| Billing for services provided by private health insurance companies (“Gebührenordnung für Ärzte”, GOÄ) | 3: In-depth counselling that exceeds the usual level, also by telephone | |
| 8: Full body status incl. orienting neurological examination | ||
| 15: Accompanying therapeutic and social measures for the chronically ill | ||
| 800: Detailed neurological examination | ||
| 801: Detailed psychiatric examination | ||
| 835: Taking the medical history of others | ||
| 857: Orienting test examinations (MMST, BDI) | ||
| Routine care data—organisational statistics | Workload | Number of patients treated per PCP per day |