Michael Schaaf and Celine Meier zu Köckerr
Conception of a cross-sectoral approach to care for rural areas

The discrepancy between the supply and demand of care with the guarantee of a comprehensive and demand-induced medical care presents rural regions with enormous challenges. Against the background of an “aging” population, hospital closings and practical tasks in rural areas, innovative care models must be implemented.

The campus concept offers coordinated outpatient, inpatient and rehabilitative offers that enable procedural, organizational and structural synergies on the service provider side, as well as intersectoral care models on the patient side. The concept implementation in Calw and Bad Säckingen is imminent. The cross-sectoral approach to care, which is geared towards issues of geriatric medicine, is praised by politicians, resident doctors and patients.