Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	309
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	261
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	136
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	80
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	72
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	60
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	55
Internal derangement of knee (M23.22)	53
Spondylosis (M47.86)	51
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	46

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	1.186
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	315
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	299
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	280
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	190
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	183
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	143
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.0)	136
Other operations on the bone, muscles or joints (5-869.2)	131
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.k1)	116

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Department key: 1516 , 1500

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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
12	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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Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities