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Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie: Rapid Assessment - KCE

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86 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy <strong>KCE</strong> Reports 74<br />

6.5 GERMANY<br />

6.5.1 Hyperbaric centres<br />

Germany had 82.47 million inhabitants in 2005 on an area of 357 000 km 2 . o According<br />

to one source there are approximately 80 multi-person hyperbaric oxygen chambers in<br />

Germany p. On the VDD (“Verband Deutscher Druckkammerzentren”) website, 24<br />

member hyperbaric centres are listed (Table 34).<br />

Table 34. Members of Verband Deutscher Druckkammerzentren<br />

Druckkammerzentrum, Hamburg<br />

HBO-Druckkammer-zentrum, Soltau<br />

Institut für Hyperbar- u. Tauchmedizin, Berlin<br />

Inselklinik Heringsdorf GmbH&Co.KG, Seebad Heringsdorf<br />

Druckkammerzentrum, Hannover<br />

HBO-Druckkammer-Kassel<br />

HBO-Zentrum Mittelhessen GmbH, Wetzlar<br />

Institut für HBO u. Tauchmedizin im Fachklinikum, Brandis<br />

Sauerstoff-Therapiezentrum ORL-Vitamed GmbH&Co.KG, Düsseldorf<br />

Praxis für Hyperbarmedizin Münster<br />

Klinik a. Kurpark GmbH Bad Rothenfelde<br />

HBO-Zentrum Euregio Aachen<br />

DKZ Düren Druckkammer-Medizin KG - Paulusklinik Düren<br />

Zentrum für Sauerstoffüberdruck- und Tauch- und Höhenmedizin Frankfurt<br />

Druckkammerzentrum Offenbach<br />

Druckkammerzentrum Wiesbaden am Rotkreuzkrankenhaus Wiesbaden<br />

HBO-Zentrum Rhein-Main, Hofheim<br />

OXYMED Privat-Institut Ramstein-Miesenbach<br />

Druckkammerzentrum, Heidelberg<br />

DCS1 Stuttgart<br />

Druckkammerzentrum Freiburg GmbH Freiburg<br />

<strong>Hyperbare</strong>s Sauerstoff-Zentrum GmbH München<br />

Druckkammer- zentrum, Traunstein<br />

Institut f. Überdruck-Medizin Regensburg<br />

Source : www.vddhbo.de<br />

6.5.2 Covered indications<br />

In Germany, there is an invoicing code for HBOT in the OPS (“Operationen- und<br />

Prozedurenschlüssel”) (see Table 35). However, no value has yet been attributed to this<br />

code (according to personal communication from the Aachen University Clinic (U.<br />

Siekmann, January 2008) and the HBO-Zentrum Euregio Aachen). Therefore, currently,<br />

no single indication is nationally reimbursed by the legal insurance. Some hospitals,<br />

however, may have local contracts with insurers to reimburse a number of indications<br />

at an agreed fee.<br />

o Source : OECD demographic data 2007<br />

p Source: http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/treatments/hyperbaric.aspx

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