Sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses: Individual and contextual predictors of permanent disability

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 308-314

  Bratberg, Espen ^a   Gjesdal, Sturla ^a   Mæland, John Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Multi level analysis; Psychiatric diagnoses; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DISABILITY; HEALTH RISK; PENSION SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 54549093650     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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