Excluded from social security: Rejections of disability pension applications in Norway 1998–2004

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-149

  Galaasen, Anders Mølster ^a   Bruusgaard, Dag ^a   Claussen, Bjørgulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; disability insurance; juridical aspects; marginalisation; Norway; social security; social welfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENSION; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSIONS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858044979     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811435497     Document Type: Article

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