Characteristics of Claimants on Long-Term Disability Benefits a Year After Report of an Occupational Injury.

Objective: To describe characteristics of claimants a year after report of an occupational injury associated with long-term disability benefits for income.

Method: Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses on self-reported data and register data.

Primary Outcome: long-term disability benefits.

A Follow-Up Study on Return to Work in the Year After Reporting an Occupational Injury Stratified by Outcome of the Workers' Compensation System.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare return rates to work between different groups according to the decision from the workers' compensation.

Method: Register data on disability benefits were used to describe return rates to work in Kaplan-Meier curves and association with decision on compensation claims. Disability benefits were granted by the municipalities independently of any compensation claim if sick-listed.

Characteristics of Compensation Claimants Reporting an Occupational Injury Associated With Disability Benefits in the Subsequent Year: A Follow-Up Study.

Objective: To describe characteristics of claimants reporting an occupational injury associated with disability benefits for income independently granted by the municipality the subsequent year.

Method: Multivariate logistic regression was used on self-reported data and register data. Primary outcome was long-term disability benefits.

Variation in patients' sick leave between general practitioner practices.

Background: General practitioners (GPs) assess the existence of the patient's disease, decide whether the disease affects the patient's ability to work and if necessary, recommend sick leave. Our aim was to describe correlations in patients' sick leave between GP practices (GPPs) in a 5-year period.

Method: The study included 253 GPPs, from 2007 to 2011.

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression and predictors of long-term sick leave benefit and permanent benefits.

Background: Shoulder impingement syndrome is a common musculoskeletal complaint leading to reduced work ability. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of long-term sick leave benefit and permanent benefits/permanently reduced work ability after arthroscopic subacromial decompression (ASD).

Materials And Methods: The study included 615 individuals undergoing ASD (2003 to 2009).

[Work-related asthma caused by IgE-verified allergy to methylene di-isocynate].

A 44-year-old blacksmith periodically exposed to methylene di-isocynate (MDI) from foaming processes over the course of eight years developed an acute episode of asthma shortly after high exposure to MDI. The respiratory symptoms declined gradually over some months. A year later the specific IgE to MDI was still high (23.