Health care transition in Germany – standardization of procedures and improvement actions

Figures & data

Table 1 Response rates

	Frequency	%	Addressed
Response rate: hospitals, nursing institutions, and practices
Hospitals	13	81	16
Nursing homes	41	63	110
Nursing services	27
Rehabilitation clinics	1
All	82	57	143
General practitioners	27	23	116
All	109	42	259
Response rate: patients
All	634	13	4800

Table 2 Acceptance of standard forms and reduction of work

		Reduction of work
		No	Yes	No change
Acceptance	Very high/high	6 (35%)	18 (60%)	9 (50%)
	Moderate	6 (35%)	9 (30%)	9 (50%)
	Low/very low	5 (30%)	3 (10%)	0 (0%)
	Not available	–	–	–
All		17 (100%)	30 (100%)	18 (100%)

Table 3 Sociodemography

		Frequency	%
Gender	Female	312	49
	Male	296	47
	N/A	26	4
Family status	Single	74	12
	Divorced	57	9
	Married	392	62
	Widowed	83	13
	N/A	28	4
Children	None	91	14
	One	157	25
	More than two	304	48
	N/A	82	13
Living arrangement	Not living alone	434	69
	Living alone	170	27
	N/A	30	5

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.

Figure 1 Use of standard forms and general practitioners’ information about aftercare.

Note: Percentages do not add up to 100% because n/a category is not shown.