[Overview of health care services in clinical and rehabilitation geriatrics and their development in Germany].

A survey of the 2000 statistics about the existing geriatric care structures in Germany showed that the number of inpatient geriatric care centers rose from 84 in 1993 to 318 in 2000. The number of day clinics rose in the same timeframe from 13 to 136. However, there are serious deficits in the area of ambulant geriatrics; in 2000 there were only 11 such institutions. The question is discussed as to why there are three different care structures for acute geriatrics, neurological early rehabilitation, and general early rehabilitation in hospitals. It is suggested how the existing care structures could be sensibly integrated.