TY - JOUR AU - Sippli, Khira AU - Rieger, Monika A. AU - Huettig, Fabian PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/07 TI - GPs’ and dentists’ experiences and expectations of interprofessional collaboration: findings from a qualitative study in Germany JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 179 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Against the background of well-described associations between oral and general health, collaboration between dentists and general practitioners (GP) is crucial to provide therapeutic and preventive patient care. However, in the German health system, GPs and dentists are organizationally separated, implying that interprofessional collaboration can only occur informally and on a voluntary basis. Given the scarce evidence of interprofessional collaboration between dentists and GPs, an explorative study was conducted. This paper outlines the findings of this study with regard to GPs’ and dentists’ experiences and expectations of interprofessional collaboration. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2116-4 DO - 10.1186/s12913-017-2116-4 ID - Sippli2017 ER -