Work resumption after vocational rehabilitation: A follow-up two years after completed rehabilitation

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Ahlgren, Åsa ^a,b   Bergroth, Alf ^a,b,c   Ekholm, Jan ^a   Schüldt, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Disability pension; Outcome; Psychiatric disorders; Sickness absence; Social insurance; Vocational rehabilitation; Work resumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL INSURANCE; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249650073     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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