Nursing homes: baseline characteristics (n = 9) | |||
 Number of care places n | occupied/ total | 964/979 | |
 Number of employees n | full-time equivalent/headcount | 365/578 | |
 General practice care M ± SD | collaborating GPs per NH | 15.0 ± 6.3 | |
 | monthly GP visits per NH (estimated) | 3.0 ± 2.2 | |
 Pharmaceutical care n | pharmacies supplying the participating NHs | 9 | |
Pharmacies: baseline characteristics (n = 9) a | |||
 Number of employees M ± SD | state-approved pharmacists (headcount) | 3.3 ± 1.3 | |
GP offices: baseline characteristics (n = 11) a | |||
 Number of employees M ± SD | GPs (headcount) | 2.7 ± 1.3 | |
 Number of treated patients M ± SD | estimated count of patients per quarter year | 1945 ± 995 | |
 Number of treated NHRs M ± SD | estimated count of currently treated NHRs | 59 ± 38 | |
 NH visits per GP n | not regularly | 1 | |
 | 1/month | 4 | |
 | 2–3/month | 5 | |
 | > 3/month | 1 | |
Residents: baseline characteristics (n = 120) | |||
 Age in years M ± SD | 85.2 ± 7.0 | ||
 | Min - max b | 62–100 | |
 Gender % | Male / female | 27.5 / 72.5 | |
 Reported diagnoses % | Arterial hypertension | 71.0 | |
 | Dementia | 52.0 | |
 | Depression | 38.0 | |
 | Cerebrovascular disease | 34.0 | |
 | Cardiac arrhythmias | 34.0 | |
 | Chronic renal disease | 29.0 | |
 | Diabetes mellitus | 23.0 | |
 | Coronary heart disease | 22.0 | |
 | Chronic heart failure | 22.0 | |
 | Malignant tumors | 15.0 | |
 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 15.0 | |
Residents: changes of functional characteristics during the study period (n = 83) c | t0 | t2 | |
 Barthel index range 0 (fully dependent) - 100 (fully independent) M ± SD | 51.3 ± 28.7 | 43.6 ± 28.5 | |
 Number of diagnoses per NHR M ± SD | 12.3 ± 5.3 | 14.2 ± 6.9 | |
 Presence of pain % (n = 71) | self-reported (VRS)/ external assessment (PAINAD) | 77.5 | 66.2 |
 Levels of care n (%) | Care level 0 | 5 (6%) | 3 (3.6%) |
 | Care level 1 | 37 (44.6%) | 32 (38.6%) |
 | Care level 2 | 26 (31.3%) | 30 (36.1%) |
 | Care level 3 | 14 (16.9%) | 17 (20.5%) |
 | Hardship case | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (1.2%) |
Residents: variables describing the intervention phases | t0 – t1 | t1 – t2 | |
 Physician/hospital consultations (n = 83) | number of NHRs n (%) | 17 (20.5%) | n.a. |
 | total number of consultations n | 54 | n.a. |
 Falls (n = 83) | number of NHRs n (%) | 12 (14.5%) | n.a. |
 | total number of falls n | 30 | n.a. |
 Mortality (n = 120) | number of deceased NHRs n (%) | 17 (14.2%) | 9 (7.5%) |
 Mortality rate per month (n = 120) | number of deceased NHRs per 1000 per month n | 14 | 15 |