The German Pension Insurance (DRV) carries out a good one million medical and around 150,000 vocational rehabilitation services per year. In medical rehabilitation, there are inpatient and outpatient services in all relevant indications as well as rehabilitation services for children and adolescents (see Figure 1). Of the large number of vocational rehabilitation services (services for participation in working life), further training services and retraining are quality assured, as these are used over a longer period of time and cause a large part of the costs. According to Section 9 SGB VI, the aim of the rehabilitation of the pension insurance is to maintain or restore the professional integration of the insured and thus to avoid or eliminate a reduction in earning capacity due to illness or disability.

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