Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance - The perspective of social insurance officers. A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Thorstensson, Carina A ^a,b   Mathiasson, Jenny ^a   Arvidsson, Barbro ^a,c,d   Heide, Anders ^a,e   Petersson, Ingemar F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development Centre   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e Swedish Social Insurance Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CERTIFICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 56649108111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-231     Document Type: Article

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