Table 1 List of indicators (N = 35) used in the RHCPs/PHC

Demography, Socio-Economics

 1. Population of the catchment area

 2. Proportion of children under 14 years (<15a)

 3. Percentage of population aged 65 and over

 4. Percentage of population aged 75 and over

 5. Percentage of population aged 65 and over in one-person households

 6. Average income per income-receiver

Disease Prevention and Risk Factors

 1. Percentage with “very bad” or “bad” self-reported health, inhabitants ≥15a

 2. Percentage of persons who smoke daily or occasionally, inhabitants > = 15a

 3. Percentage of population ≥ 15a with too little exercise

 4. Percentage of population ≥ 15a with obesity

Epidemiology and Mortality

 1. Life expectancy at birth (men)

 2. Life expectancy at birth (women)

 3. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus Type 2

 4. Prevalence of mental disorders

 5. Prevalence of disorders of the musculoskeletal system

 6. Prevalence of chronic head-, neck- and backaches in population ≥ 15a

 7. Percentage of long-term care benefit recipients / level 1–3

 8. Percentage of long-term care benefit recipients / level 4–7

 9. Rate of inpatients with heart disease within 2 years

 10. Rate of inpatients aged 65 and above with femoral neck fracture within 2 years

 11. Rate of inpatients with cerebrovascular disease within 2 years

 12. Rate of inpatients with cancer within 2 years

Health Care Service Supply

 1. Inhabitants per general practitioner

 2. Percentage of statutory health insurance general practitioners aged 55 +

 3. Inhabitants per private general practitioner

 4. Children per paediatrician

 5. Inhabitants per statutory health insurance internist

 6. Distance to the nearest acute care hospital (incl. branch hospitals), minutes by car

 7. Number of pharmacies in the catchment area (excluding hospital pharmacies)

 8. Distance to the nearest nursing home (minutes by car)

 9. Inhabitants aged 65 and over per retirement home or nursing home in the catchment area

Outpatient Care Utilisation

 1. Percentage of population visiting statutory health insurance general practitioners

 2. General practitioner equivalents per 100,000 population (incl. hospital outpatient departments)

 3. Paediatrician equivalents per 100,000 children (<15a; incl. hospital outpatient departments)

 4. Internist equivalents per 100,000 population (incl. hospital outpatient departments)