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- Title
Paediatric rehabilitation treatment standards: a method for quality assurance in Germany.
- Authors
Ahnert, Jutta; Löffler, Stefan; Müller, Jochen; Lukasczik, Matthias; Brüggemann, Silke; Vogel, Heiner
- Abstract
Over the last few years, the German Pension Insurance has implemented a new method of quality assurance for inpatient rehabilitation of children and adolescents diagnosed with bronchial asthma, obesity, or atopic dermatitis: the so-called rehabilitation treatment standards (RTS). They aim at promoting a comprehensive and evidence-based care in rehabilitation. Furthermore, they are intended to make the therapeutic processes in medical rehabilitation as well as potential deficits more transparent. The development of RTS was composed of five phases during which current scientific evidence, expert knowledge, and patient expectations were included. Their core element is the specification of evidence-based treatment modules that describe a good rehabilitation standard for children diagnosed with bronchial asthma, obesity, or atopic dermatitis. Opportunities and limitations of the RTS as a tool for quality assurance are discussed.
- Subjects
GERMANY; PEDIATRIC therapy; MEDICAL quality control; ASTHMA in children; CHILDHOOD obesity
- Publication
Journal of Public Health Research, 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2, p98
- ISSN
2279-9028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/jphr.2014.275