[The Update of the Rehabilitation Therapy Standards of the German Pension Assurance].

Objectives: To report on the process of updating the German Pension Insurers' rehabilitation therapy standards (RTS) from 2013 to 2015.

Methods: Four methodical approaches were taken to gather evidence: a) systematic literature searches, b) the formation of expert groups, expert workshops, and online discussion forums to bring together the experiences from clinicians and patients, c) an analysis of the latest KTL data to understand the extent to which the RTS are currently being fulfilled, and d) conceptual consideration of the significance of current developments in rehabilitation in light of the RTS revision.

Results: There are now updated versions of all 9 RTS.