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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcome measurement instruments for elderly participants per stratum and for caregivers

From: Embrace, a model for integrated elderly care: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness regarding patient outcomes, service use, costs, and quality of care

	Elderly people						Caregivers		Professionals
	Stratum A		Stratum B		Stratum C
Measurement instrument	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
IM-E-SA		P / S		P / S	P	S
GFI		P / S	P	S	P	S
GWI		P		P		P
SMAS-30	P		P			P
EQ-5D	P / S		P / S		P / S
Modified Katz ADL		P / S		P / S		P / S
Quality of life		P		P		P		P
CSI							P
MDS-e	S		S		S
PACIC	Q		Q		Q
PIH scale		Q		Q		Q
ACIC									Q¹
GAS		Q¹		Q¹		Q¹

P Patient outcome.
Q Quality of care outcome.
S Service use and costs outcome.
¹ Measured in the intervention group.

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