Illness	Number of cases
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	305
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	244
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	111
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	85
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	74
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	72
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)	65
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	61
Thyrotoxicosis hyperthyroidism (E05.0)	50
Hyperparathyroidism and other disorders of parathyroid gland - Primary hyperparathyroidism (E21.0)	47

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	471
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	357
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	324
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	268
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	246
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	201
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	191
X-rays of the stomach with contrast medium (3-138)	172
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	168
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.45)	106

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
86	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*
69	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
61	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung im Ausbildungsverbund mit der Augusta-Krankenanstalt Bochum
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung im Ausbildungsverbund mit der Augusta-Krankenanstalt Bochum
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem Kirchlichen Gesundheitszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe in Gelsenkirchen
HB19	Nursing professionals