Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	89
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	79
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	50
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	49
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	45
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	39
Obesity - Other obesity - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI from 40 to below 50 (E66.86)	31
Obesity - Other obesity - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60 (E66.87)	31
Cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle (L02.4)	29
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	182
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	143
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	97
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	87
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	76
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	65
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.51)	64
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	55
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	46
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	41

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
73	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
52	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
45	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)