Improving continuity of patient care across sectors: study protocol of a quasi-experimental multi-centre study regarding an admission and discharge model in Germany (VESPEERA)

Table 1 Intervention components for all study arms

Interventions		Study arm 1:planned admission into a participating hospital	Study arm 2:planned admission into a non-participating hospital	Study arm 3:unplanned admission into a participating hospital	Study arm 4: unplanned admission into a non-participating hospital
GP-practice	Interventions in the GP-practice before admission: (A) assessment for admission (B) admission letter and patient brochure	X	X
Hospital	Interventions in the hospital: (C) telephonic discharge conversation (D) determination of HOSPITAL-Score and patient discharge information	X
GP-practice	Interventions in the general practice after discharge: (E) assessment for planning of follow-up care (F) telephone monitoring, depending on the risk for rehospitalisation	X	X	X	X

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