Assessment of Chronic Illness Care with the German version of the ACIC in different primary care settings in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Switzerland the extent to which patients with chronic illnesses receive care congruent with the Chronic Care Model (CCM) is unknown.

Methods

According to guidelines we translated the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) into German (G-ACIC). We tested the instrument in different primary care settings and compared subscales with the original testing.

Results

Difficulties encountered during the translation process consisted in the difference of health care settings in Switzerland and USA. However initial testing showed the G-ACIC to be a suitable instrument. The average ACIC subscale scores in Swiss managed care (MC)-, group (GP)- and single handed practices (SP) were higher for MC practices than for group- and single handed practices: Organization of

SUBMITTER: Steurer-Stey C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988060 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature