Die Rehabilitation
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What is meant by intention-to-treat? Why should data be analyzed in controlled trials in a way that all participants are included in the group to which they were randomly assigned, regardless of whether they completed the intervention given to the group? In this Tutorial, the logic of the intention-to-treat principle is outlined. It is shown that study results may be biased by excluding patients post hoc thus producing spurious effects that do not exist in the population under study. The intention-to-treat strategy avoids this bias.
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Book 9 of the German Social Code, effective as of July 1, 2001, was designed to bring about fundamental improvements in the situation of people with disabilities or at risk of being disabled. Somewhat more than two years after having come into force an extensive hearing on political level took place concerning the translation into action of this code. ⋯ The author draws an interim balance concerning the translation into action of Book 9 of the German Social Code. The main emphasis of this statement is on the establishment of common service points as well as on the state of the arrangement of common recommendations at the Federal Rehabilitation Council.