High cost-benefit of early team-based biomedical and cognitive-behaviour intervention for long-term pain-related sickness absence

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Ektor Andersen, John ^a   Ingvarsson, Elisabet ^a   Kullendorff, Marianne ^a   Ørbæk, Palle ^b  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Early intervention; Musculoskeletal pain; Primary care; Randomized control study; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT DURATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849141013     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0127     Document Type: Article

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