Kiel, Simone http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8824-1244
Zimak, Carolin
Chenot, Jean-François
Schmidt, Carsten Oliver
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GY1344)
Article History
Received: 5 September 2019
Accepted: 6 January 2020
First Online: 29 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the ethical review board of the University Medicine Greifswald (BB 077/14). Written informed consent was obtained from patients participating in AGR. Claims data were anonymized.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest. The AOK Nordost provided the data but had no influence on the analysis and the decision to publish. The AOK Nordost received a report to assess the selective contract, which differs slightly in detail, but not in interpretation and direction of the results.