Time trends in disability pensioning for rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and soft tissue rheumatism in Norway 1968—97

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Holte, Hilde H ^a   Bjerkedal, Tor ^a   Tambs, Kristian ^b  

^a National Insurance Administration   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

disability pension; incidence; osteoarthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; soft tissue rheumatism; time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENSION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIETY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORWAY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENSIONS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 0038725397     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210165118     Document Type: Article

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