title: [Transitional care in rheumatology in Germany].
abstract: Moving from child- to adult-centred services (transition) is a challenge for patients and health care professionals. Every second adolescent with a rheumatic disease will still have active disease that requires treatment when they are adults. A third of these patients do not arrive in adult-centered care, a consequence that is accompanied by negative consequences on the individual course of disease and contributes to socioeconomical costs. The present article describes the current situation: barriers for successful transfer and transition models are discussed. Transitional care and research must be improved in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Transitionssprechstunde am Dr. von Haunerschen Kinderspital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337 München, Deutschland. susanne.schalm@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schalm
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jansson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010360:Patient Transfer; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000639:trends*; D055815:Young Adult