Swedish social insurance officers' experiences of difficulties in assessing applications for disability pensions - An interview study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ydreborg, Berit ^a,b   Ekberg, Kerstin ^b   Nilsson, Kerstin ^c,d  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PENSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447271212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-128     Document Type: Article

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