Inter-doctor variations in the assessment of functional incapacities by insurance physicians

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schellart, Antonius Jm ^a,b,d   Mulders, Henny ^b,d   Steenbeek, Romy ^c   Anema, Johannes R ^a,d   Kroneman, Herman ^b,d   Besseling, Jan ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Employee Insurance Authority   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055134760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-864     Document Type: Article

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