The coordinated care program
substance abuse
Besides the overall goal, the SOFIA program seeks to strengthen the patient’s perspective in health care decisions. The coordinated care program consists of four key components: (1) GPs in the intervention group attended a mandatory one-day introductory course. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the planned two-day course for GPs was shortened to a single-day course. (2) GPs received a specialised handbook, specific to their municipal and regional affiliation, which contained the contact information of relevant social and health care actors, and helplines in case of substance abuse or risk of suicide or self-harm. The handbook provided information on relevant signposting possibilities for the patient group. (3) Patients were invited to an extended consultation by their GP following the SOFIA scheme [