[The diagnostic report as an aid for determination of referral to inpatient rehabilitation].

The investigation analyzes some 206 standardized diagnostic reports submitted by office-practice physicians, demonstrating the role of diagnostic reports in determining access to medical rehabilitation. It is found that the practitioners added no further information about their patients' health status in half of the diagnostic reports given, and no further medical documents in one third. On the other hand, diagnostic reports that included details about the patients' ability to work as well as information about previous treatments resulted to a greater degree in direct award of a medical rehabilitation measure.