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Table 3 Distribution of disease management programs and health status across all cases

From: Antibiotic prescribing for acute, non-complicated infections in primary care in Germany: baseline assessment in the cluster randomized trial ARena

Health status

RG

PCN

Disease Management

Program (DMP): n (%)

Diabetes Type 2: 2,140,035 (68.8)

Diabetes Type 2: 16,754 (92.0)

Asthma: 2,388,555 (76.8)

Asthma: 16,913 (92.9)

COPD: 2,042,731 (65.7)

COPD: 16,805 (92.3)

Coronary heart disease:

2,107,723 (67.7)

Coronary heart disease:

16,767 (92.1)

Nursing care Level*:

n (%)

1: 1530 (0.0)

2: 31,036 (1.0)

3: 19,713 (0.6)

4: 10,966 (0.4)

5: 4011 (0.1)

1: 23 (0.1)

2: 272 (1.5)

3: 164 (0.9)

4: 65 (0.4)

5: 19 (0.1)

Charlson Index: n (%)

0: 2,178,429 (70.0)

1, 2: 757,952 (24.4)

3, 4: 105,140 (3.4)

 > 5: 69,561 (2.2)

0: 10,059 (55.2)

1, 2: 5482 (30.1)

3, 4: 1334 (7.3)

 > 5: 1332 (7.3)

  1. *The nursing care level reflects the extent to which patients are able to manage their own needs independently. Based on an expected care dependency of at least 6 months, evaluation takes six main aspects into account: mobility, cognitive and communicative abilities, behavioral and psychological issues, self-care, management of disease-related demands and burden, and arrangements of daily life and social contacts [21]