Decisions on sick leave certifications for acute airways infections based on vignettes: A cross-sectional survey of GPs in Norway and Poland

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Halvorsen, Peder A ^a   Wennevold, Katrine ^a   Fleten, Nils ^a   Muras, Magdalena ^b   Kowalczyk, Anna ^b   Godycki Cwirko, MacIek ^b   Melbye, Hasse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Family practice; general practice; respiratory tract infections; sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORWAY; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; TIME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; POLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SICK LEAVE; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 79956203701     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2011.555382     Document Type: Article

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