Effect of the delegation of GP-home visits on the development of the number of patients in an ambulatory healthcare centre in Germany

Table 1 Numbers of patients in the GP-practices of the ambulatory healthcare centre, before and after the implementation of AGnES-Brandenburg

	Practice 1*	Practice 2*	Practice 3	Practice 4*	Practice 5	Practice 6*
*Before project:*
3. quarter 2005	1084	1198	0^†	1009	602	1346
4. quarter 2005	855	1363	0^†	1032	530	1520
1. quarter 2006	1067	1482	123	1146	598	1620
2. quarter 2006	1015	1501	354	1145	628	1539
Mean	1005	1386	239	1083	590	1506
*During project:*
3. quarter 2006	1168	1350	407	1130	684	1369
4. quarter 2006	1101	1484	402	1128	577	1571
1. quarter 2007	1052	1580	64	1201	674	2608
2. quarter 2007	1077	1396	235	1176	657	1556
3. quarter 2007	1057	8^†	338	1142	710	1450
4. quarter 2007	1119	1464	236	1029	746	1665
1. quarter 2008	1216	1655	342	1443	932	1685
2. quarter 2008	1068	1645	332	1340	953	1665
Mean	1107	1511	295	1199	742	1696
Difference ^¥	102	125	56	116	152	190

* These practices participated in the AGnES-Brandenburg project.
^† During these quarter years, these practices were closed due to illness of the GPs. These quarters were not considered in the analyses.
^¥ Difference between the means before and during the intervention.

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