Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	246
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	242
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	148
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	133
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	128
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	97
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.88)	58
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	39
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Bilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia (M16.2)	26
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis lumbosacral region (M48.07)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	642
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	617
Surgical incision into the spinal canal (5-033.0)	382
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	361
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	329
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.a)	299
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	288
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.11)	249
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	243
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	242

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External quality assurance according to state law
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Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
69	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
44	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
33	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)