From: Structural characteristics and contractual terms of specialist palliative homecare in Germany
Version | Contract partners | Staff requirements | Mandatory cooperation | 24-h service | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bavaria [19] | 09/2010 | HIFa, SPb | Four permanent posts; qualifications as defined by directived | Not specified | Physician |
Baden-Württemberg [20] | 01/2010 | HIFa, SPb | Qualifications as defined by directive; newly established teams may employ staff for three years while they are in training | Not specified | Nurse and physician |
Berlin, physicians [21] | 12/2016 | AIHPc, Home Care Society, Nursing Association, HIFa | Qualifications as defined by directive | Specialist mobile palliative care nursing service | Physician |
Berlin, nursing care [21] | 12/2016 | AIHPc, Home Care Society, nursing association, HIFa | Team manager and three full-time nurses; qualifications as defined by directive | Specialist palliative care physician | Nurse |
Brandenburg [22] | 04/2009 | HIFa, SPb | Physicians, nurses, coordinating nurse; physician qualification: advanced training in palliative medicine, (coordinating) nurse: qualifications as defined by directive | Not specified | Nurse or physician |
Bremen [23] | 08/2009 | HIFa, SPb | Three physicians, four nurses; qualifications as defined by directive | Not specified | Nurse and physician |
Hamburg [24] | 02/2010 | HIFa, SPb | Three physicians, four nurses; qualifications as defined by directive Four FTE nurses from a nursing service; at least two full-time nurses | Pharmacy | Nurse and physician |
Hessee [25] | 05/2009 | HIFa, SPb | Qualifications as defined by directive. Possibility to employ staff while they are in training | Not specified | Nurse and physician |
Hesse AOK health insurance fund | Not available | ||||
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania [26] | unclear | HIFa, SPb | Qualifications as defined by directive | Not specified | Nurse or physician |
Lower Saxony [27] | 01/2010 | HIFa, SPb | Qualifications as defined by directive, cooperating physicians: basic training | Pharmacy | Nurse or physician |
North Rhine [28] | 06/2009 | HIFa, AHIPc | Three physicians, four nurses. Qualifications as defined by directive; exclusive or main activity in SPHC | Pharmacy | Nurse and physician |
Rhineland Palatinate [29] | Contract was canceled at time of assessment | ||||
Saarland | Contract not publicly available | ||||
Saxony Anhalt [30] | 03/2010 | AHIPc, SPb | Not available | ||
Saxony/Thuringia [31] | HIFa, SPb | At least five physicians with activity emphasis in palliative medicine, two of whom work at least 19 h/week exclusively in SPHC Four FTE nurses employed by SPHC team; at least two full-time nurses; the other FTE can be split, with each working at least 19h/week Qualifications as defined by directive | Palliative care unit | Nurse and physician | |
Schleswig–Holstein [32] | 2009 | HIFa, SPb | Qualifications as defined by directive | Nurse or physician | |
Westphalia [33] | 04/2009 | AHIPc, SPb | At least three physicians; at least one coordinating nurse; qualifications as defined by directive | General and specialist ambulatory physicians | Physician |