{"id":20091,"date":"2025-10-15T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?p=20091"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:27:20","slug":"urgent-need-for-specialists-in-rheumatology-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/urgent-need-for-specialists-in-rheumatology-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent need for specialists in rheumatology care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide toc-item\" id=\"expected-shortage-of-rheumatology-care-in-the-coming-years\"><strong><strong>Expected shortage of rheumatology care in the coming years<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">Retirement is approaching \u2013 of the 1,161 rheumatologists currently in practice, 386 are aged 60 or older \u2013 creating a real threat of a shortage in rheumatological care in the coming years. This is the conclusion of a recent study by Dr. Katinka Albrecht and Dr. Johanna Callhoff from the Health Services Research Group at the German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ), a Leibniz Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">The epidemiologists evaluated medical statistics data from the German Medical Association, the Federal Medical Register of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, and basic data from hospitals: \u201cAbout one-third of rheumatologists are due to retire within the next two to six years,\u201d explains Albrecht. However, many older clinicians are continuing to work beyond the regular retirement age in order to ensure care can continue to be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">Together with my wife, we still treat about 1,000 patients in our rheumatology practice, and we are unable to refer them to other practices; they are simply not accepted<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;says 77-year-old rheumatologist Prof. Dr. Klaus Kr\u00fcger from Munich, who has been actively involved in scientific work alongside his clinical activities for many years and supports the research activities of the Epidemiology programme area at the DRFZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, there are too few training positions to educate enough rheumatology specialists. \u201cOnly about 60 physicians receive specialist certification in rheumatology each year, which is not enough to compensate for age-related retirements,\u201d Callhoff confirms, \u201cand we are far from the urgently needed growth in rheumatology.\u201d Currently, there is only one rheumatologist per 100,000 adult residents in the statutory health insurance outpatient care system \u2013 at least two would be required for basic care. As a result, patients wait too long for an appointment. For newly diagnosed patients, this can lead to irreversible health issues that could have been avoided with early treatment. The shortage is further exacerbated by changes in employment patterns, with a growing proportion of part-time positions. At the end of 2024, 42% of specialists in contract-based medical care were employed on a salaried basis, rather than working in their own practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-align-wide wp-block-paragraph\">With the help of the latest statistics from the DRFZ, the German Society for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology (DGRh) is reinforcing its call on politicians to provide more training positions in rheumatology in order to ensure patient care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"original-publication\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n      \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00393-025-01720-1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Original publication<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00393-025-01720-1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"press-release-by-dgrh\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Press releases by DGRh with this topic (in German)<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dgrh.de\/Start\/DGRh\/Presse\/Pressemitteilungen\/Pressemitteilungen\/2025\/Pressemitteilung-Nr.-17-2025.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">DGRh warnt vor dramatischer Unterversorgung \u2013 Politik muss handeln<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dgrh.de\/Start\/DGRh\/Presse\/Pressemitteilungen\/Pressemitteilungen\/2025\/Pressemitteilung-Nr.-17-2025.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dgrh.de\/Start\/DGRh\/Presse\/Pressemitteilungen\/Pressemitteilungen\/2025\/Pressemitteilung-Nr.-12-2025.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Neue Facharztzahlen in Deutschland: Rheumatologische Versorgung weiterhin angespannt<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dgrh.de\/Start\/DGRh\/Presse\/Pressemitteilungen\/Pressemitteilungen\/2025\/Pressemitteilung-Nr.-12-2025.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw 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Anja Strangfeld<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                  <p class=\"text-label function\">Head of progamme area Epidemiology<\/p>\n                          <p class=\"text-label programme_area_function programme_area department\">\n            Leader: Programme Area 2, PA 2 \u2013 Epidemiology and Health Services Research          <\/p>\n                          <p class=\"text-label working_group_function working_group\">\n            Group leader: Pharmacoepidemiology          <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:strangfeld@drfz.de\"\">strangfeld@drfz.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/anja-strangfeld\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-8792\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">Prof. Dr. med. Anja Strangfeld<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<article\n  id=\"post-15618\" class=\"teaser-head launimation slideBottom  post-15618 head type-head status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry department-scientific-staff function-scientist programme-area-tax-programme-area-2 working-group-tax-health-services-research\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, 520px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022-150x100.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Albrecht-2022-550x367.jpg 550w\" class=\"image image--landscape\" alt=\"Dr. Katinka Albrecht\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"683\">      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__header\">\n    <!--    -->    <!--      -->    <!--    -->    <h2 class=\"h6 teaser-head__title launimation slideBottom\">Dr. med. Katinka Albrecht<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                  <p class=\"text-label function\">Scientist<\/p>\n                          <p class=\"text-label programme_area_function programme_area department\">\n            Programme Area 2, Scientific staff          <\/p>\n                          <p class=\"text-label working_group_function working_group\">\n            Health Services Research          <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:albrecht@drfz.de\"\">albrecht@drfz.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/dr-med-katinka-albrecht\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-15618\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">Dr. med. 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