Search for dissertations about: "disability pension"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the words disability pension.

2. 16. Frequent attenders in primary health care. A vulnerable patient group seen from a biopsychosocial perspective

   Author : Håkan Bergh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Frequent attenders; primary health care; diagnoses; injuries; medically appropriate consultations; stressful life events; social support; sense of coherence; sick leave; disability pension;

   Abstract : Introduction - The small number of the population who make disproportionally greater use of health care are called frequent attenders (FAs). This group, or 3-5% of the population, account for 15- 25% of all visits to general practitioners (GPs). READ MORE

4. 17. Prospective cohort studies of disability pension and mortality in a Swedish county

   Author : Nadine Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Disability pension; risk factor; mortality; labour market; long-term sickness absence; cohort; diagnoses; musculoskeletal; psychiatric; cardiovascular; suicide;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to study risk factors for disability pension, focusing on sociodemographic risk factors and sick-leave diagnoses, and also to investigate the risk of mortality among disability pension recipients. The research comprised four register studies of all people in the Östergötland County who were 16 64 years of age in December 1984, representing a total cohort of 245,704 persons. READ MORE

5. 18. Sickness absence and disability pension among injured bicyclists and pedestrians

   Author : Linnea Kjeldgård; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Active transportation such as walking and bicycling provides an opportunity for individuals to incorporate physical activity into daily life. It has a positive impact on public health and is an important aspect of a sustainable road transport system. However, it also involves some risks. READ MORE

6. 19. Changing Swedish sickness insurance : Policies, institutions and outcomes

   Author : Nadja Grees; Joakim Palme; Sven Oskarsson; Axel West Pedersen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sickness insurance; disability pension; Sweden; occupational welfare; policy change; stratification; social policy analysis; non-take-up; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to welfare state theorising by analysing changing risk protection in Swedish sickness insurance and demonstrate how the understanding of such, and its implications, can be enhanced by strategic methodological choices. When analysing formal policy change in the compulsory sickness insurance system, it is concluded that the Swedish system fulfils almost every aspect of a so called social democratic welfare state, and no institutional shift can be discerned over time. READ MORE

7. 20. Risk factors for disability pension : studies of a Swedish twin cohort

   Author : Åsa Samuelsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Background & aims: Mental disorders are today the major diagnosis behind newly granted disability pensions (DP) in the Western world. Yet, studies of risk factors for DP due to mental diagnoses are scarce, are often based on small or selective samples, and have a cross-sectional design, or short follow-up. READ MORE