title: [How is it going with the Sick-listing II patients? From the project Evaluation of Follow-up of Long-term Sick-listed Persons].
abstract: The aim of the study was to follow up 712 persons with respect to social insurance and labour market status one year after the start of a period of long-term sickness certificate. The study is based on information from the local National Insurance Offices in five municipalities in Norway. Mean duration of the long-term sickness certificate was 185 calendar days, slightly longer for males than females. 44.9% returned to work during the first year, another 2.9% attended vocational rehabilitation programmes, 11.7% were still receiving medical treatment, 12.2% had qualified for a disability pension, 5.6% were in receipt of an old age pension and 5.6% were unemployed. The remaining 17.1% had either died or had moved from the municipality. The few patients attending vocational rehabilitation programmes, compared with the increasing number of persons granted a disability pension in Norway since 1985 indicate insufficient effort to provide vocational rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Instituttgruppe for samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tellnes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bjerkedal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010415:Pensions; D011379:Prognosis; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational
vernacular_title: Hvordan går det med Sykmelding II-pasientene? Fra prosjektet Evaluering av oppfølging av langtidssykmeldte.