According to the latest state of research psychosomatic rehabilitation can
be considered as effective and efficient. Several program-evaluation studie
s document process and outcomes of over 4000 psychosomatic patients in reha
bilitation clinics so far. The majority of patients in all studies show pos
itive therapy outcomes, which also can be demonstrated in follow-up investi
gations. Those positive results cover disease and disorder related aspects
as well as cost relevant facets. This paper presents one of those program-e
valuation studies which reports the outcomes of a one year and a five year
follow-up respectively. It focusses on the outcomes of those subjects which
participated in both inquiries. In addition to single criteria the constru
ction of a multiple outcome criterion is discussed.