[Practical Year in Public Health: 10 Years of Experience at the Public Health Department in Frankfurt].

Background: Since the winter semester 2013/14, the Public Health Department in Frankfurt has been the first to offer an internship in public health to medical students in their practical year in Germany. In this study, we analyzed how students evaluated their practical experience and the logbook within clinical training at the Public Health Department.

Methods: A rotation procedure was set up and a logbook with subject-specific learning objectives was developed.

Overview article: Impact of primary and secondary care collaboration on hospitalization for chronic heart failure: Two comparative studies.

Introduction: In the past decade, a legal framework was created in Germany that promotes intense collaboration at the interface between primary and secondary care. This overview article distinguishes between the effects of two complementary programs aimed at improving ambulatory care in Baden-Wuerttemberg: (1) general practitioner-centered care (GPCC), which strengthens the role of general practitioners, and (2) collaborative cardiology care (CCC), which coordinates primary and cardiology care.

Methods: The overview article presents two already published studies that assess the impact of the programs on hospitalizations in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) based on claims data from 2016.

Differences in opioid prescription rates between patients with musculoskeletal disorders enrolled in coordinated ambulatory healthcare and patients receiving usual care: a retrospective observational cohort study.

Objectives: To compare opioid prescription rates between patients enrolled in coordinated ambulatory care and patients receiving usual care.

Design: In this retrospective cohort study, we analysed claims data for insured patients with non-specific/specific back pain or osteoarthritis of hip or knee from 2014 to 2017.

Setting: The study was based on administrative data provided by the statutory health insurance fund 'Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse', in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Evaluation of a collaborative ambulatory orthopedic care program for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis: a comparative observational cohort study.

Background: In 2014, the novel orthopedic care program was established by the AOK health insurance fund in southern Germany to improve ambulatory care for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. The program offers extended consultation times, structured collaboration between general practitioners and specialists, as well as a renewed focus on guideline-recommended therapies and patient empowerment. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the program on health service utilization in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA).