Quality of care in patients with hypertension: a retrospective cohort study of primary care routine data in Germany.

Background: Hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality if not properly managed. Primary care has a major impact on these outcomes if its strengths, such as continuity of care, are deployed wisely. The analysis aimed to evaluate the quality of care for newly diagnosed hypertension in routine primary care data.

The ambulatory care of patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.

Background: There is an increasing number of patients that do not make a rapid or full recovery from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and suffer from the so-called "long-COVID" or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). The long-term implications for health services are expected to be substantial. The objective of this analysis was to estimate the utilization of outpatient services from primary and secondary care.

The use of routine data from primary care practices in Germany to analyze the impact of the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 on the utilization of primary care services for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Routinely collected health data from ambulatory care providers offer a wide range of research opportunities. However, the access is often (e.g.

Experiences made by family physicians managing patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection during spring 2020 - a cross-sectional analysis.

Background: In Germany, family physicians care for about 85% of the patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The geographic distribution of the first wave in 2020 was heterogeneous, and each federal state experienced different percentages of patients that died from COVID-19. Each of the 16 federal states implemented its own regulation about medical care for SARS-CoV-2 infected patients.