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Table 5

Sample summary Gesundes Kinzigtal (GK)

Background and description	Overarching goals	Governance structure	Financial system	Key stakeholders
Kinzigtal in SouthWest Germany (largely rural setting) –Large proportion of low-income households and elderly residents with multiple chronic diseases Initiator: the local physician network (GPs^and specialists) MQNK* In 2005, MQNK and Optimedis (a health management company specialized in managing integrated care) formed a legal entity called “Gesundes Kinzigtal” (GmbH) enabling them to sign contracts with health care insurers and membership agreements with providers that wanted to become part of GK	Continuously working towards the Triple Aim	Four advisory councils, i.e.: A patient board; A patient ombudsman A physicians' board A provider board representing local hospitals, nursing staff members, physiotherapy staff members and physicians	German health system is based on the Bismarck model The health system contains two types of health insurances, i.e –Public sickness fund –Private health insurances Social care is largely financed out of local taxes and citizens themselves	GK, GmbH, Optimedis Health and social care providers Healthcare insurers Local businesses (e.g. fitness clubs) Educational institutions

Background and description	Overarching goals	Governance structure	Financial system	Key stakeholders
Kinzigtal in SouthWest Germany (largely rural setting) –Large proportion of low-income households and elderly residents with multiple chronic diseases Initiator: the local physician network (GPs^and specialists) MQNK* In 2005, MQNK and Optimedis (a health management company specialized in managing integrated care) formed a legal entity called “Gesundes Kinzigtal” (GmbH) enabling them to sign contracts with health care insurers and membership agreements with providers that wanted to become part of GK	Continuously working towards the Triple Aim	Four advisory councils, i.e.: A patient board; A patient ombudsman A physicians' board A provider board representing local hospitals, nursing staff members, physiotherapy staff members and physicians	German health system is based on the Bismarck model The health system contains two types of health insurances, i.e –Public sickness fund –Private health insurances Social care is largely financed out of local taxes and citizens themselves	GK, GmbH, Optimedis Health and social care providers Healthcare insurers Local businesses (e.g. fitness clubs) Educational institutions

Note(s): *General practitioners. **Medizinischen Qualitätsnetzes Ärzteinitiative Kinzigtall