Das Gesundheitswesen
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Mar 2009
Multicenter Study[The quality assurance programme of the statutory health insurance funds in medical rehabilitation: results and further developments].
This study reports on the results of the quality assurance programme of the statutory health insurance funds in medical rehabilitation (QS Reha programme) and on the further development of the programme in 2007 to 2008. By October 2008, a total of 240 rehabilitation centres with 283 specialised departments were participating in the QS-Reha programme. ⋯ The preliminary results of the programme provide a comprehensive view of the quality of medical rehabilitation. Limitations exist concerning evidence-based structural quality criteria, methodological problems of patient-reported outcomes and the occurrence of non-responders and dropouts. The reworking of the QS Reha programme pursued the goal of improving the cost-benefit ratio of compiling data without impairing the methodological soundness of the programme. The new concept is scheduled to be implemented routinely beginning in 2009.