Search for dissertations about: "Life insurance dissertations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words Life insurance dissertations.

  2. 1. Activating the Sick-Listed : Policy and Practice of Return to Work in Swedish Sickness Insurance and Working Life

    Author : Ida Seing; Kerstin Ekberg; Christian Ståhl; Ellen MacEachen; Lotta Dellve; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Activation policies; return to work; social policy; sickness insurance; working life; employers; street-level bureaucracy; individualization;

    Abstract : A critical task of social policy in most Western welfare states during recent decades has consisted of reducing the economic burden on society due to sick leave, by stimulating participation in the labour market. Many jurisdictions have introduced activation policies, based on the premise that work “per se” has a therapeutic effect on sick-listed workers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Stroke among people of working age : from a public health and working life perspective

    Author : Jennie Medin; Peter Allebeck; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cerebrovascular accident; epidemiology; Cerebrovascular accident; Health promotion; Rehabilitation; Sick leave; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

    Abstract : Background: Stroke is a major cause of serious disability and death. In Sweden approximately 30,000 people suffer from stroke each year, and 20% of them are under 65 years of age.Aim: The aim of this thesis was to study stroke among people aged 30-65 years. READ MORE

  5. 3. Health-Related Quality of Life and Return to Work following Breast Cancer

    Author : Marie Høyer Lundh; Claudia Lampic; Birgitta Johansson; Karin Nordin; Christoffer Johansen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : breast neoplasms; quality of life; return to work; sick leave; cohort study; population-based; Oncology; Onkologi;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and return to work in the first 3 years following a breast cancer diagnosis, and to identify clinical and contextual factors associated with these outcomes.Method: The four studies were part of a population-based cohort study including women identified in the Breast Cancer Quality Register in central Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. A feasibility and applicability study of a health-related quality of life measurement in Vietnam

    Author : Mai Vu Thi Quynh; Klas-Göran Sahlén; Lars Lindholm; Sun Sun; Hoang Van Minh; Kim Bao Giang; Feng Xie; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health related quality of life; health technology assessment; Vietnam; health preference measures; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Introduction: An evidence-based strategy is used the national social health-insurance programme in Vietnam to assess healthcare technologies. Health technology assessments (HTA) have become increasingly important within decision-making processes. READ MORE

  7. 5. A female lay perspective on health, disease, and sickness absence

    Author : Marlene Ockander; Wendy Stainton Rogers; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : sickness absence; sick leave; women; lay explanation models; phenomenology; interview; Q-methodology; account; health; vital goal; life plan; sense of coherence; prevention; rehabilitation; diagnosis; medical records; patients; medical decision making; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: Knowledge about a female perspective on health and disease is important to understand what happens in e.g. the medical meeting. A deeper understanding for the phenomenon of health also has social and economic importance. READ MORE