Research letter
The 116117 help line in Germany
Patient assistance by telephone versus online self-assessment
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2026; 123: 17-8. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2025.0170
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For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published.
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