Return to work after medical rehabilitation in Germany: influence of individual factors and regional labour market based on administrative data.

Background: The influence of both individual factors and, in particular, the regional labour market on the return to work after medical rehabilitation is to be analyzed based on comprehensive administrative data from the German Pension Insurance and Employment Agencies.

Method: For rehabilitation in 2016, pre- and post-rehabilitation employment was determined from German Pension Insurance data for 305,980 patients in 589 orthopaedic rehabilitation departments and 117,386 patients in 202 psychosomatic rehabilitation departments. Labour market data was linked to the district of residence and categorized into 257 labour market regions.

[The User Survey on the Revision of the Classification of Therapeutic Procedures].

Introduction: An extensive user survey was conducted in the context of updating the Classification of Therapeutic Procedures (KTL 2015). This paper reflects the results of the user survey and raises critical discussion points.

Methods: The user survey was sent to all rehabilitation centers contracted by the German pension insurance as well as professional associations.