Reduction of adverse clinical outcomes among older patients within a structured primary care programme: findings from a 12-year cohort study in Germany (2010–22)

Participation in structured and coordinated primary care programmes offers significant, sustained benefits for older patients, including reductions in hospitalisations, avoidable hospitalisations, inappropriate medication use and all-cause mortality. Given aging populations, these findings underline the critical role of such programmes in enhancing health care for older adults and strongly support broader implementation of GP-centred primary care models.