About the Authors
- Sabine Ludt
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* E-mail: sabine.ludt@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Elisabeth Urban
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jörg Eckardt
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Affiliation AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
- Stefanie Wache
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Affiliation AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
- Björn Broge
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Affiliation AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
- Petra Kaufmann-Kolle
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Affiliation AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
- Günther Heller
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Affiliation AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
- Antje Miksch
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Katharina Glassen
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Katja Hermann
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Regine Bölter
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dominik Ose
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Affiliation Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- Stephen M. Campbell
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Affiliations Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, Institute for Population Health – Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Michel Wensing
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Affiliations Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Joachim Szecsenyi
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Affiliations Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, AQUA-Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Healthcare, Goettingen, Germany
Competing Interests
JS is a director and shareholder of the AQUA-institute which is responsible for the development of the SQG program by contract with the Federal Joint Committee. SL, EU, AM, KG, KH, RB, and DO are employees of the department of General Practice and Health Services Research at the University Hospital of Heidelberg. The department is a contract partner of the AQUA-Institute. SMC is an expert in the field of indicator development and has a contract with the department of General Practice and Health Services Research. BB, JE, SW, PK-K and GH are employees and MW's institute has a contract with the AQUAinstitute. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL JS JE BB. Performed the experiments: SL EU SW JE AM KG KH RB DO. Analyzed the data: SL EU SW JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL MW SC GH PKK BB. Wrote the paper: SL.