Sick leave after traumatic brain injury The person or the diagnosis - Which has greater impact?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Larsson, Jerry ^a   Esbjörnsson, Eva ^a   Björkdahl, Ann ^a   Morberg, Ingrid ^a   Nilsson, Michael ^a   Sunnerhagen, Katharina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain injury; compensation; employment; prediction; rehabilitation; sick leave; socioeconomic factors; work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TIME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954060099     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810371143     Document Type: Article

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