title: [The value of daily allowance certificates for sociomedical treatment].
abstract: In the Tarup district of Odense, an investigation was carried out concerning certificates in connection with maintenance allowances during a period olf two months. A total of 148 maintenance allowance certificates were collected consecutively for one month. Correspondingly, 81 certificates concerning 44 cases which were the subjects of sociomedical analysis were collected during the subsequent month, Four fifths of the certificates were written by the general practitioners. About half of the certificates were only of limited value for analysis of the cases, while one fifth supplied constructive supplementary information. Women in the age group 40-49 years were overrepresented and conditions in the locomotor system predominated (30-50%). These were followed by mental problems and disturbances with 14% and 11%, respectively. Great differences were found between the durations of sick-leave as assessed in the certificates and the factual durations. As assessment of the duration of sick-leave is important for the course of the maintenance allowance, an alteration in the certificate forms is proposed so that maintenance allowance cases are easier to classify.
authors.affiliation: Socialmedicinsk afsnit, Odense Kommune.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marschall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002567:Certificate of Need / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003718:Denmark; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012936:Social Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Dagpengeattesters vaerdi for socialmedicinsk sagsbehandling.