Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	81
Other functional intestinal disorders - Functional intestinal disorder unspecified (K59.9)	70
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	61
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	59
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	55
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia with obstruction without gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.30)	54
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	50
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	50
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	48
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	44

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	939
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	183
Examination of the S-shaped part of the large intestine (sigmoid colon) by endoscopy (1-651)	106
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	89
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.20)	88
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	87
(9-984.7)	85
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	84
(9-984.8)	80
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.12)	73

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
111	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*
9	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
9	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies