Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	113
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	77
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	47
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	44
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	39
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	33
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	32
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	29
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	24
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	23

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	288
X-rays of the oesophagus with contrast medium (3-137)	276
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	176
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	170
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	130
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	121
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	119
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	116
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	114
(9-984.7)	72

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

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

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ06

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

Number	Group
94	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*
85	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
81	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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Herr Pfüller (Chefarzt der Geriatrie) ist als Lehrbeauftragter der Universität Essen benannt

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Bildungszentrum für Pflege und Gesundheit
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Praktikumsstelle f. Student*innen Hebammenwesen (B.A.) in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Gesundheit Bochum
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildungsstelle für OTA-Schüler der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)