REHABILITATION IN GERMANY

• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

• Right to rehabilitation services

• Germany spends more than EUR 30 billion on rehabilitation annually

• Social Code IX specifies institutional competences and principles of service delivery

THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES

EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY

LESSONS LEARNED

RETURN ON REHABILITATION

CASE MANAGEMENT IS EFFECTIVE

0

50

100

150

200

250

- 30 days

- 81 days

128 158

209

Inab

ility

to w

ork

in d

ays

Sou

rce:

DG

UV

/ K

ienb

aum

Injury: lower leg fracture

high intensity

medium intensity

low intensity

BACK TO WORK!

Sou

rce:

DG

UV

98.57%

Return to work - successful

due to occupational accident or disease

due to other health issues

due to lack of place of employment

due to resistance to further rehabilitation

due to lack of rehabilitative prospectsRet

urn

to w

ork

unsu

cces

sful

1,100 1,894

6,854

25,056

5,754

23,161

2005 2025

in million/€ Cost

Benefit

Net Benefit

ADVANTAGES OF REHABILITATION

2025 2005 Source: Prognos AG 2009

WITH “ALL SUITABLE MEANS”…