Sharing Responsibilities within the General Practice Team - A Cross-Sectional Study of Task Delegation in Germany.

BACKGROUND:Expected growth in the demand for health services has generated interest in the more effective deployment of health care assistants. Programs encouraging German general practitioners (GPs) to share responsibility for care with specially qualified health care assistants in the family pract...

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Main Authors: Karola Mergenthal, Martin Beyer, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Corina Guethlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900540?pdf=render