[Health- and care reporting in Germany. State and perspectives].

The first Health Report for Germany gives a good opportunity to look for further perspectives of the development of health and care reporting. This article refers briefly to concept, historical development, the report itself and critical analyses of contents, political function and organisational structures of health reporting in Germany. These have a similar importance for care monitoring. The article proposes a stronger participation of care reporting in health reporting not only in Germany and a stronger differentiation between nursing research and care reporting.