Improved employment rates after multiprofessional cross-sector cooperation in vocational rehabilitation: A 6-year follow-up with comparison groups

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-80

  Jakobsson, Björn ^a,b,c   Ekholm, Jan ^b,c   Bergroth, Alf ^a,c,d   Ekholm, Kristina Schüldt ^a,b,c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Nordic Network Centre for Rehabilitation Research CRF   (Sweden)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Employment rate; Long term follow up; Matched pairs design; Multiprofessional; Rehabilitation group; Restricted work capacity; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON GROUP; CONTROL GROUPS; DATABASE RECORDS; IMPROVED METHODS; IMPROVED MODELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; MULTIPROFESSIONAL; NATIONAL LEVEL; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; STUDY GROUPS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITIES;

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COOPERATION; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 76749129391     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e32832fea0a     Document Type: Article

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