ArticleFrontiers in health services2025
Patient navigation in German emergency care (NODE). Study protocol of a multi-center mixed-methods trial.
Article in Frontiers in health services, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- [Efficiency of streaming and integrated care models for low acuity patients in acute and emergency care-results from a prospective cohort study].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background & objective: The objective of the study is to explore and to evaluate existing patient navigation models between emergency departments (ED) and alternative outpatient emergency care providers. Therefore, three different patient navigation models in emergency care in Berlin, Germany will be evaluated regarding their efficiency, quality of care, patient safety, patient satisfaction, costs and cost-effectiveness: (1) a hospital-owned separate outpatient care model within the ED premises or on the hospital grounds, (2) an urgent care practice of the Regional Association of Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) Physicians at the ED location, and (3) a standard care ED with prospective assessment of patient-care and urgency levels by ED doctors. Methods: In a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods, multi-center study design, patients' and health care providers' perspectives assessed by qualitative methods will be triangulated with the results of a quantitative prospective cohort study at six EDs in Berlin, Germany. This study includes four working modules: (1) a systematic literature review; (2) qualitative semi-structured interviews with patients ( Discussion: This is the first study to compare different patient navigation and cooperation models to standard ED care in Germany and evaluate their effectiveness. Results will provide deep insights into the efficiency, patient satisfaction, quality of care, patient safety and cost-effectiveness. This will help providers and policymakers organise future emergency care in Germany. The study is expected to contribute to health services and systems research. Trial registration: DRKS00030398.
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