title: [Subjective health and rehabilitation needs of LVA insured patients currently applying for medical rehabilitation].
abstract: Unlike services paid through the Federal German Health Insurance, applications for medical rehabilitation are granted based on defined criteria. In some cases, rehabilitation is granted without apparent reason. Seeking to minimize this problem, this study integrates information on the subjective health status into the decision-making process of medical examiners. The return rate of the postal questionnaire (87%) as well as the evaluation of the examiners documented the practicability of the approach. The interviewed applicants described themselves as more limited in their abilities on several health dimensions (ICIDH) compared to a population of prestationary interviewed rehabilitation patients, whereby the standard deviations in both populations were similar. Furthermore, the applicants rarely utilized complementary treatments and sociomedical/legal advice. A surprising result lies in the mostly non-existent association between the subjective health status and the medical decisions. This constitutes a significant difficulty in legitimizing the decision-making process of the medical examiners.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Petras
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raspe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*