Versorgungsforschung im psychosozialen Feld aus dem Blickwinkel der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung

Since 2000 the statutory health insurance funds in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Research have promoted health services research. In 2008 the statutory pension fund and the private health insurers joined this collaboration. This multidisciplinary program aims at the completion of the basic medical research and of the clinical research by research activities focusing on the actual health care under everyday conditions. This research that has been known in the USA since more than 50 years as ?health services research“ can be of growing importance for psychosocial care and psychotherapy if the systematic and early participation of decision makers, payers and providers can be further improved. From the perspective of the statutory health insurance, beside the quality of care also the effectiveness under everyday conditions, the efficiency and acceptance of treatment, of psychosocial support, and of complex care programs are top-ranking in the research agenda of health services research in the field of psychosocial care and psychotherapy.