title: [Work-related medical rehabilitation for patients with rheumatic diseases].
abstract: In recent years work-related rehabilitation has been intensified. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of work-related interventions in medical rehabilitation by improving participation in the work force and reducing sick leave. The German pension insurance fund has developed standardized requirements for medical work-related rehabilitation which include diagnostic procedures to identify patients with specific occupational problems and vocation-related interventions. These requirements address patients across different indications and diagnoses. Rehabilitation centers are assigned to different levels of work-related interventions depending on the intensity and specificity of the profile. Centers providing the complete range of work-related interventions offer differentiated work-related diagnostics, job training and occupational groups in addition to general social advice. In this article four case studies with different priorities regarding vocational interventions are presented.
authors: Schwerpunktklinik für Orthopädie und Rheumatologie, Rehazentrum Bad Eilsen, Brunnenpromenade 2, 31707, Bad Eilsen, Deutschland, inge.ehlebracht-koenig@rehazentrum-bad-eilsen.de.
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authors: Ehlebracht-König
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authors: Dorn
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000458:organization & administration