[The outpatient provision of care for psychiatric patients in a rural area].

An analysis of reimbursement claims in Mecklenburg West-Pomerania from the year 2007 showed that of all reimbursement claims made for outpatient treatment of patients with mental disorders, the majority has been claimed by general practitioners. Using the reimbursement claims from the last 3 months from 2010, again, most treatment claims were made by general practitioners. The patients were treated by general practitioners in 50.5%. neurologists/psychiatrists 16%, internal practitioners 10.6%, gynaecologists 5.3% and by psychotherapists in 2.3%. The actual analyses of reimbursement claims show again that the majority of patients with psychiatric disorders is not treated by the respective professional group.