Challenges in the transition between medical and vocational rehabilitation: a qualitative focus group study with service providers in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Rehabilitation aims to empower people to cope with their chronic conditions, to ensure societal and vocational participation and to prevent health-related early retirement. In Germany, medical and vocational rehabilitation are unconnected services. Expenditures on health-related early retirement in Germany rise while expenditures on vocational rehabilitation do not. Since the use of rehabilitation services often depends on the transition between services, the present study aims to shed light on barriers and facilitators for the transition between medical and vocational rehabilitation from the perspective of service providers working in different institutions.

Methods

In this sub-study we made use of a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured focus groups wi

SUBMITTER: Wengemuth E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786414 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature