[The problems involved in outcome control of non-industrial vocational rehabilitation measures]

The Social Code prescribes to the institutions financially responsible for rehabilitation to use their budgetary funds in accord with the principles of cost-effective and economical conduct, and to set up cost-benefit analyses in appropriate cases. This, however, presupposes a close and trusting working relationship between the financially responsible institutions and the rehabilitation facilities. It is possible to apply cost-benefit analysis to vocational rehabilitation; however, only those data should be included in the assessment that can in fact be clearly quantified. To ward off the danger of vocational rehabilitation missing labour market demands, improved statistical accessibility is recommended. The financially responsible institutions and the labour administration should draw up an overall statistical survey of rehabilitation--possibly in the form of a "rehabilitation report"--, containing break-downs of labour market statistics for comparison. This would facilitate vocational rehabilitation being accompanied and evaluated by research, the results obtained would be more obvious and clear. Improved prediction as regards employment opportunities of the rehabilitees could result.