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Objective: The study examined whether psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation continues to have a better course of treatment for women than men., Methods: We compared the course of global symptom severity, health-related quality of life and functioning between admission and discharge in patients (848 men, 1412 women) at an Austrian psychiatric/psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic., Results: Gender-specific differences in the course of treatment were all too small to be clinically relevant. The differences were smallest in the middle-aged cohort. However, at the time of admission, women reported a slightly higher symptom burden., Conclusion: Overall, the results show a gender-fair effectiveness of the rehabilitation. The new findings could be explained by changes in living conditions, gender roles, or better treatment methods., Competing Interests: Prof. Dr. Manuel Sprung is the scientific director of the University Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine Eggenburg, PSZW (Eggenburg and Gars). Chief physician Dr. Riffer is the medical director of the PSZW. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.