Effects of strategies to improve general practitioner-nurse collaboration and communication in regard to hospital admissions of nursing home residents (interprof ACT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background In Germany, up to 50% of nursing home residents are admitted to a hospital at least once a year. It is often unclear whether this is beneficial or even harmful. Successful interprofessional collaboration and communication involving general practitioners (GPs) and nurses may impro...

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Main Authors: Christiane Müller, Berit Hesjedal-Streller, Nina Fleischmann, Britta Tetzlaff, Tina Mallon, Martin Scherer, Sascha Köpke, Katrin Balzer, Linda Gärtner, Indre Maurer, Tim Friede, Hans-Helmut König, Eva Hummers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04736-x