411 Cooperation of occupational health and primary care physicians in germany – insights from a mixed-methods study

Introduction

Occupational health physicians (OHPs) and primary care physicians (PCPs) have many overlapping fields of work (e.g. general prevention, rehabilitation, return to work process). Yet, studies from several countries have revealed that cooperation between both specialist groups is often scarce. In order to describe barriers and optimisation possibilities, a mixed-method study was performed between 2009 and 2016 in Germany....