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ArticleBMJ open2025

Regional variations in healthcare in people living with dementia in Germany: protocol for a mixed-methods study.

Hannah Julia Scheibner, Daniela Gesell, Michael Hauptmann, Martin Heinze, Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag, Daniela Koller, Denise Kubat, Ursula Marschall, Johannes Meixner, Bernhard Michalowsky and 7 more

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17 authors.

Hannah Julia ScheibnerCenter for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany hannah.scheibner@mhb-fontane.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-8741
Daniela GesellPalliative Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-8745
Michael HauptmannInstitute of Biostatistics and Registry Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany.
Martin HeinzeCenter for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
Dirk Horenkamp-SonntagTechniker Krankenkasse, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniela KollerInstitute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3203-7188
Denise KubatInstitute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany.
Ursula MarschallBARMER, Wuppertal, Germany.
Johannes MeixnerResearch Group Geriatric Psychiatry Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
Bernhard MichalowskyWG Patient-reported Outcomes and Health Economics Research, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-0089
Sebastian von PeterCenter for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
Moritz PlatenWG Patient-reported Outcomes and Health Economics Research, German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6438-7230
Cordula RiedererDAK-Gesundheit, Hamburg, Germany.
Jennifer SchrothInstitute of Biostatistics and Registry Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany.
Enno SwartInstitute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Medical Faculty, Magdeburg, Germany.
Lea WeirauchCenter for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
Volker DahlingCenter for Mental Health, Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-4945

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCare for people living with dementia is both important and complex, and there is evidence of large regional variations in the quality of care. This study protocol describes design, methods and objectives of an investigation of regional variations in the utilisation, the quality and the costs of care for people living with dementia in Germany. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: An exploratory, naturalistic, mixed-methods study is being conducted with three modules: ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study is overseen by the German Alzheimer's Association. The study's ethics and data protection plan was approved by the data and ethics committee of the leading university, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (reference number: 152092023-BO-E) as well as the data committee of the three participating health insurances. Dissemination plans include dissemination of our main results to the general public, people affected, the scientific community and funding-, policy- and decision makers. Study outcomes and conclusions will be published on our own and the funder's websites, through presentations at conferences and in scientific journals. The funder ensures dissemination of main study results and recommendations for action to relevant organisations and institutions. Publication of the study's main results is planned within 6 months of the study's conclusion. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: DRKS00031944 (https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=DRKS00031944).

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Delivery of Health CareDementiaQuality of Health CareGermanyHealth Care CostsHumansResearch DesignDementiaHealth Care CostsQuality in health care

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