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Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/75721, first published .
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Effect of an Intersectoral Telemedicine Intervention on Hospitalization in Nursing Home Patients: Specification Curve Analysis of a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

Effect of an Intersectoral Telemedicine Intervention on Hospitalization in Nursing Home Patients: Specification Curve Analysis of a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

John Grosser   1 , MA, MSc ;   Sophie Pauge   1 , MSc ;   Birthe Aufenberg   1 , MSc ;   Wolfgang Greiner   1 , Prof Dr ;   Miriam Hertwig   2 , MSc ;   Jenny Unterkofler   2 , Dr med ;   David Brücken   3 , Dr med ;   Christian Hübel   2 , Dr med ;   Optimal@NRW Research Group   4 ;   Jörg Christian Brokmann   2 , Prof Dr med

1 Department of Health Economics and Health Care Management, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

2 Department for Acute and Emergency Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

3 Department for Acute and Emergency Medicine, Rhine-Meuse Hospital Würselen, Wüselen, Germany

4 Optimal@NRW Research Group, Aachen, Germany

Corresponding Author:

  • John Grosser, MA, MSc
  • Department of Health Economics and Health Care Management
  • School of Public Health, Bielefeld University
  • Universitätsstraße 25
  • Bielefeld 33615
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 52110686319
  • Email: john.grosser@uni-bielefeld.de