Factors affecting sick leave prescribing in occupational health care: A survey based on hypothetical patient cases

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kankaanpää, Anni T ^a   Putus, Tuula M ^a   Tuominen, Risto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Health services research; Occupational health care; Sick leave; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84899586581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-168     Document Type: Article

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