Damit wird nicht nur das eigene Wirken kritisch hinterfragt, sondern auch die Versorgungsforschung mit wissenschaftlich untermauerten Impulsen bereichert. Gesundes Kinzigtal (meaning ‘healthy Kinzigtal’) is a joint venture between a network of physicians in Kinzigtal and a Hamburg-based health care management company, OptiMedis AG. It describes the company's aim and philosophy: to create and keep alive a healthy region. Since 2006, Gesundes Kinzigtal has held long-term contracts with two German non-profit sickness funds to integrate health and care services for their insured populations, covering all age groups and care settings. 2. The Gesundes Kinzigtal – population-based financing with a shared-savings approach in: ICARE4EU Policy Brief No. All four studies are outlined below. The external evaluation of Gesundes Kinzigtal Integrated Care is organized into various evaluation studies (modules), with each study pursuing its own subset of basic research questions. Gesundes Kinzigtal is a health care management company in the German town of Hausach in the Black Forest. The evaluation by independent research institutions was coordinated in 2006-11 by a separate coordination agency, EKIV („Evaluations-Koordinierungsstelle Integrierte Versorgung”). Ongoing evaluation using insurers’ clinical and administrative data from 2012 to 2016 is subject to the INTEGRAL project, funded by the German Health Innovation Fund. Introduction to the programme ‘Gesundes Kinzigtal’ (Healthy Kinzigtal) Founders The programme was founded in 2005 by a local physicians network (Ärztenetz – MQNK), existing since 1993 with more than 40 physician members, and a health management company with a health sciences background (OptiMedis AG), established in 2003. Additionally, Gesundes Kinzigtal won financing to exte nd its scientific evaluation as part of the 2015 German Act to Strengthen Care (GKV- VSG) endowmen t fund, which provides €300 million annually The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.489 (2018 JCR, received in June 2019) Darüber hinaus dienen Evaluationsergebnisse oft … Gesundes Kinzigtal Integrated Care (“Integrierte Versorgung Gesundes Kinzigtal” – IVGK) operates from 2006 as a population-based integrated care pilot in the Kinzigtal region in Southwestern Germany. This approach has been named “Triple Aim” by Don Berwick et al. Helmut Hildebrandt is the chief executive.
In case of Gesundes Kinzigtal Integrated Care, the management company and the contracting health insurers have provided a considerable budget for an evaluation by independent research institutions. In 2007-09 four evaluation studies started, three of them have been finished until now. Evaluation spielt für Gesundes Kinzigtal eine herausragende Rolle. He is a pharmacist and public health expert.
The INTEGRAL study aims at assessing the effectiveness of ‘Gesundes Kinzigtal’ under routine conditions in comparison to conventional care over a period of 10 years in order to understand the benefits but also the potential for (unintended) harms. It was established at the department of medical sociology at Freiburg University. Methods and analysis Database Claims data from statutory health insurance funds 2005–2015. 2008 in Health Affairs.The name Gesundes Kinzigtal means \"healthy Kinzig valley\". It was established at the department of medical sociology at Freiburg University. The external evaluation of Gesundes Kinzigtal Integrated Care is organized into various evaluation studies (modules), with each study pursuing its own subset of basic research questions. IVGK's goal is to increase both population health and the contribution margin of the regional insurant population from the perspective of the concerned health insurers. The Gesundes Kinzigtal programme, Germany Verena Struckmann, Wienke Boerma, Ewout van Ginneken Currently, an estimated 50 million people in the European Union live with multiple chronic diseases (multimorbidity) and this number is expected to further increase in the near future.