Illness	Number of cases
Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis - Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site (M05.80)	384
Systemic sclerosis (M34.8)	276
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	253
Other rheumatoid arthritis - Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor unspecified site (M06.00)	225
Rheumatism unspecified (M79.00)	187
Polyarthrosis - Primary generalized osteoarthritis (M15.0)	126
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Polymyalgia rheumatica (M35.3)	115
Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine (M45.00)	109
Systemic sclerosis - Progressive systemic sclerosis (M34.0)	100
Other systemic involvement of connective tissue - Other overlap syndromes (M35.1)	91

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Analysis of the amount of carbon monoxide taken in and given off by the lungs (1-711)	1.245
Measurement of lung function in an airtight cabin - whole body plethysmography (1-710)	1.233
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	1.086
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	781
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.31)	740
Others therapeutic procedures to influence the immune system (8-547.0)	457
Six-minute walk test (as described by Guyatt) (1-715)	432
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated individually - individual therapy (9-410.05)	413
Specific psychotherapeutic procedure where patients are treated individually - individual therapy (9-410.04)	361
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.2)	275

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0900

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
61	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*
50	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
50	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies