Primary prevention in the general practitioner office – a mixed-method study
Holmberg, C.; Sarganas, G.; Mittring, N.; Braun, V.; Dini, L.; Heintze, C.; Mueller-Nordhorn, J. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2012 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
Introduction: In Germany legislation allows statutory health insurance companies to allocate a certain amount of their budget to primary prevention, especially for courses on nutrition, stress management, and physical activity. However, it is unclear if these courses are known to physicians who could recommend them. Similarly, little is known about the role primary prevention plays in German general practitioners' (GP) offices. In this paper we describe the prevalence of primary prevention in GPs offices in a large German city and analyse the barriers and facilitators to establish primary prevention in general p…
