title: [The medical advisory services of social health insurance].
abstract: A social health insurance needs opinions on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures - for the single question regarding the individual patient and as general assessments (health technology assessments) as well. The Medical advisory services of social health insurance (their federal branches and their central board) have to do more than 9 Mio individual expert opinions and more than 100 general assessments or HTA-reports a year. Several examples are to be shown.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischer Dienst der Spitzenverbände der Krankenkassen, Essen. m.hansis@mds-ev.de
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hansis
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence