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EGPRN Member

Kathryn Hoffmann

Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Austria

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LinkedIn, Personal Website
Academic Background
PhD or equivalent, MD or equivalent, MPH or equivalent
Qualification
General Practitioner/Family Doctor
Short Bio
Since 2007 General Practitioner and Family Doctor with ÖÄK-diploma for psychosocial and psychosomatic medicine. Since 2010 Master of Public Health and also since 2010 employee the Medical University of Vienna, 2017 Venia Docendi/Habilitation in General Practice/Family Medicine. She is Associate Professor and a leading researcher in health services research in primary care in Austria. Research stays at Duke University in the USA and at Ghent University in Belgium. Author of numerous publications in high-ranked international journals as well as book chapters. Additionally, project manager of large EU-funded studies regarding primary care and health services research across Europe. She is Austrian representative at the European General Practice Research Network, former advidory board member of the European Forum for Primary Care and a founding member of the Austrian Forum for Primary Care in Healthcare. Since 2020 head of the Unit "Health Services Research and Telemedicine in Primary Care" of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, MedUni Vienna.

Published Abstracts 10

Capacity building through target group involvement – the Austrian Primary Health Care Platform

Kathryn Hoffmann, Sarah Burgmann, Florian Stigler, David Wachabauer

Presented on 22/10/2022 at the 95th EGPRN Meeting.

European general practitioners’/family physicians’ attitudes towards person-centered care and factors that influence its implementation in everyday practice-preliminary results

Goranka Petricek, Kathryn Hoffmann, Erika Zelko, Sara Willems, Esther Van Poel, Vincent De Prez, Sanda Kreitmayer, Radost Assenova, Zlata Ozvacic Adzic, Venija Cerovečki, Miro Hanževački, Jelena Rakic Matic, Gorka Vuletic, Marion Tomicic, Marko Rađa, Bohumil Seifert, Sabine Bayen, Thomas Frese, Heidrun Lingner, Zoi Tsimtsiou, Peter Torzsa, Claire Collins, Dorien Zwart, Debbie Vermond-Engel, Katarina Stavrikj, Kiril Soleski, Marija Mihajlova, Filip Lokvenec, Torunn Bjerve Eide, Mina Dahli, Adam Windak, Katarzyna Nessler, Krzysztof Studzinski, Bruno Heleno, Joana Azeredo, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Milena Kostic, Zalika Klemenc Ketis, Davorina Petek, Ksenija Tusek Bunc, Sara Ares Blanco, Jesús González-Lama, Magallon Botaya, Heather L Rogers, David Lerma Irureta, Fátima Méndez-López, Sven Streit, Alexandre Gouveia, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Canan Tuz, Mehmet Ungan, Vildan Mevsim

Presented on 12/05/2023 at the 96th EGPRN Meeting.

The COCO project – Systematic reflection of an international research collaboration with 23 university sites from 14 countries: A methodological approach

Weltermann Birgitta, Anika Thielmann, Tuomas Koskela, Kathryn Hoffmann, Robert Hoffman, Marija Petek Šter, Juliette Chambe, Slawomir Czachowski, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Andrzej Zielinski, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Selda Tekiner, Aysegül Uludağ, Tamer Edirne, Vildan Mevsim, Heidrun Lingner, Clara Guede, Hülya Yikilkan, Sanda Kreitmayer Peštiæ, Hans Thulesius, Biljana Gerasimovska Kitanovska

Presented on 12/05/2018 at the 86th EGPRN Meeting.

Self-care for common colds among patients with chronic conditions: predictors for higher use of self-care measures (COCO study)

Birgitta Weltermann, Biljana Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Anika Thielmann, Tuomas Koskela, Kathryn Hoffmann, Robert Hoffman, Marija Petek Šter, Juliette Chambe, Slawomir Czachowski, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Andrzej Zielinski, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Selda Tekiner, Aysegül Uludağ, Tamer Edirne, Vildan Mevsim, Heidrun Lingner, Clara Guede, Hülya Yikilkan, Sanda Kreitmayer Peštiæ

Presented on 20/10/2017 at the 85th EGPRN Meeting.

The Person-Centered Care and its Outcomes in Different European Countries

Goranka Petriček, Jan Van Lieshout, Zalika Klemec Ketiš, Zlata Ozvacic Adzic, Venija Cerovecki, Zoi Tsimtsiou, Erika Zelko, Claire Collins, Kathryn Hoffmann, Peter Torzsa, Torunn Bjerve Eide, Sara Ares Blanco, Sven Streit

Presented on 19/10/2019 at the 89th EGPRN Meeting.

Influence of patient characteristics on GPs advice on stopping statins in oldest-old: survey study across GPs from 30 countries.

Milly Anna Altena-Van Der Ploeg, Sven Streit, Nettie Blankenstein, Erna Beers, Arthur Bohnen, Daiana Bonfim, Huib Burger, Robert Burman, Tuz Canan, Claire Collins, Fabio Gazelato De Mello Franco, Margot De Waal, Biljana Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Sandra Gintere, Raquel Gomez Bravo, Kathryn Hoffmann, Claudia Iftode, Kasper Johansen, Tuomas Koskela, Donata Kurpas, Hubert Maisonneuve, Christan Mallen, Christoph Merlo, Yolanda Müller, Christiane Muth, Martin Sattler, Sanda K Peštić, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Nicolas Rodondi, Thomas Rosemann, Tjard Schermer, Marija Petek Šter, Zuzana Švadlenková, Athina Tatsioni, Hans Thulesius, Victoria Tkachenko, Péter Torzsa, Rosy Tsopra, Bert Vaes, Marjan Van Den Akker, Rita Viegas, Shlomo Vinker, Katharine Wallis, Andreas Zeller, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Rosalinde Poortvliet

Presented on 20/10/2017 at the 85th EGPRN Meeting.

An international case-vignette study to assess general practitioners’ willingness to deprescribe (LESS)

Katharina Tabea Jungo, Sophie Mantelli, Zsofia Rozsnyai, Aristea Missiou, Biljana Gerasimovska Kitanovska, Birgitta Weltermann, Canan Tuz, Christian Mallen, Claire Collins, Donata Kurpas, Fabio Gazelato De Mello Franco, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Hans Thulesius, Heidrun Lingner, Kasper Lorenz Johansen, Katharine Wallis, Kathryn Hoffmann, Lieve Peremans, Liina Pilv, Marija Petek Šter, Martin Sattler, Milly Van Der Ploeg, Péter Torzsa, Petra Kánská, Shlomo Vinker, Radost Assenova, Raquel Gomez Bravo, Rita Viegas, Rosy Tsopra, Sanda Kreitmayer Pestić, Sandra Gintere, Tuomas Koskela, Vanja Lazic, Victoria Tkachenko, Emily Reeve, Clare Luymes, Rosalinde Poortvliet, Arnaud Chiolero, Nicolas Rodondi, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Sven Streit

Presented on 06/10/2018 at the 87th EGPRN Meeting.

Eurodata Study: Covid-19 Vaccination Pathway and the Role of Primary Care in 27 European Countries

Lourdes Ramos Del Río, Ileana Gefaell, Sara Ares Blanco, Marina Guisado Clavero, Louise Fitzgerald, Heidrun Lingner, Liubovė Murauskienė, Ábel Perjés, Davorina Petek, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Goranka Petricek, Martin Sattler, Natalija Saurek-Aleksandrovska, Alice Serafini, Theresa Sentker, Gunta Ticmane, Peter Torzsa, Bert Vaes, Shlomo Vinker, Limor Adler, Maria Bakola, Sabine Bayen, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Asja Ćosić Divjak, Maryher Delphin Peña, Philippe-Richard Domeyer, Sabine Feldmane, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Miroslav Hanževački, Kathryn Hoffmann, Oksana Ilkov, Shushman Ivanna, Marijana Jandric-Kocic, Erva Ucuncu, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Snežana Knežević, Büşra Çimen Korkmaz, Milena Kostic, Anna Krztoń-Królewiecka, Liga Kozlovska, Katarzyna Nessler, Anna Segernäs Kvitting, Sven Streit, Senn Oliver, Raquel Gomez Bravo, Maria Pilar Astier-Peña, Ana Luisa Neves, Nagu Penakacherla, Bruno Heleno, Sherihane Bensemmane

Presented on 13/05/2023 at the 96th EGPRN Meeting.

Indicators to Monitor Primary Care Activity During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 27 European Countries: Eurodata Study

Sara Ares-Blanco, Marina Guisado-Clavero, Lourdes Ramos Del Río, Ileana Gefaell, Louise Fitzgerald, Heidrun Lingner, Liubovė Murauskienė, Naldy Parodi López, Ábel Perjés, Davorina Petek, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Goranka Petricek, Martin Sattler, Natalija Saurek-Aleksandrovska, Bohumil Seifert, Alice Serafini, Theresa Sentker, Gunta Ticmane, Paula Tiili, Péter Torzsa, Kirsi Valtonen, Bert Vaes, Kaliy Vasyl, Shlomo Vinker, Limor Adler, Radost Assenova, Maria Bakola, Sabine Bayen, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Asja Ćosić Divjak, Maryher Delphin Peña, Philippe-Richard Domeyer, Sabine Feldmane, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Mila Gómez-Johansson, Miroslav Hanževački, Kathryn Hoffmann, Оксана Ільков, Shushman Ivanna, Marijana Jandrić-Kočić, Vasilis Trifon Karathanos, Erva Kirkoç, Aleksandar Kirkovsk, Snežana Knežević, Büsra Çimen Korkmaz, Milena Kostić, Anna Krztoń-Królewiecka, Liga Kozlovska, Katarzyna Nessler, Raquel Gomez Bravo, María Pilar Astier-Peña, Esperanza Diaz, Nina Monteiro, Nagu Penakacherla, Ángel Gónzalez De La Fuente, Boas Dubbelman

Presented on 22/10/2022 at the 95th EGPRN Meeting.

Delphi Study on Primary Health Care Indicators for COVID-19 Pandemic across 30 European Countries: Eurodata study, preliminary results

Raquel Gomez Bravo, Sara Ares Blanco, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Lourdes Ramos Del Rio, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Alice Serafini, Davorina Petek, Snezana Knezevic, Radost Assenova, Thomas Frese, Heidrun Lingner, Limon Adler, Shlomo Vinker, Ana Luisa Neves, Bruno Heleno, Elena Brutskaya-Stempkovskaya, Bert Vaes, Bohumil Seifert, Maria Pencheri, Sabine Bayen, Theresa Sentker, Peter Torzsa, Louise Fitzgerald, Martin Sattler, Maryher Delphin Peña, Katarzyna Nessler, Carmen Busneag, Anna Kvitting, Erva Kırkoç, Büsra Çimen Korkmaz, Оксана Ільков, Nagu Penakacherla, Dragan Gjorgjievski, Aleksandar Kirkovski, Maria Bakola, Philip Domeyer, Sherihane Bensemmane, Ábel Perjés, Kathryn Hoffmann, Miroslav Hanževački, Milena Kostić, Goranka Petricek, Marijana Jandrić-Kočić, Achim Mortsiefer, Jako Burgers, Alejandro Gimenez Buitrago, Pedro Jose Saurin Moran, Marina Guisado Clavero, Maria Pilar Astier Peña, Eurodata Collaborative Group

Presented on 14/10/2023 at the 97th EGPRN Meeting.

Interests

Methodology
Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Systematic Reviews, Surveys