Into work, through tailored paths: A two-year follow-up of the return-to-work rehabilitation and re-employment project

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-330

  Juvonen Posti, Pirjo ^a   Kallanranta, Tapani ^b   Eksyma, Sirkka Liisa ^b   Piirainen, Keijo ^c   Keinänen Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka ^d  

^a Rehabilitation Foundation Finland   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Diaconia Polytechnic   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Follow up; Intervention programme; Long term unemployment; Outcome; Rehabilitation; Working capacity

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

RE EMPLOYMENT;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0036913589     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200212000-00009     Document Type: Article

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