Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	226
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	169
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	36
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.7)	26
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	23
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.3)	14
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	14
Pyogenic arthritis (M00.06)	12
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	9
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	251
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	162
(9-984.7)	71
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.81)	44
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.02)	42
(9-984.6)	34
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into a joint with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-158.h)	32
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	30
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	28
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of skin or subcutaneous tissues without surgical incision (1-490.6)	22

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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

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62	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*
51	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
51	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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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