Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , January 2007

Predictive factors for long-term sick leave and disability pension among frequent and normal attenders in primary health care over 5 years

  • Håkan Bergh

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Unit, Primary Health Care, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden
    • Department of Primary Health Care, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Research and Development Unit, P.O. Box 113, SE-31122 Falkenberg, Sweden. Tel.: +4634656266; fax: +4634658966.
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  • Amir Baigi

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Unit, Primary Health Care, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden
    • Department of Primary Health Care, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jörgen Månsson

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Unit, Primary Health Care, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden
    • Department of Primary Health Care, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bengt Mattsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Primary Health Care, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bertil Marklund

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Unit, Primary Health Care, Halland County Council, Falkenberg, Sweden
    • Department of Primary Health Care, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Received 5 January 2006 ,Revised 20 July 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00282-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.018

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , January 2007

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