Selection of clients for vocational rehabilitation at six local social insurance offices: A combined register and questionnaire study on rehabilitation measures and attitudes among social insurance officers

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-184

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENSION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SWEDEN; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 41349085204     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0157     Document Type: Article

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