title: [Disability pensions and long-term sick-listing in Oslo--a study of different city districts].
abstract: In Oslo there are significant differences in the incidence and prevalence of medically determined disability pensions. In regions with a population characterized by low level of education and low annual income the prevalence of disability pensions is high in relation to regions with a highly educated and high income population. The main reasons for a disability pension are mental complaints, mainly anxiety and depressive states, and musculo-skeletal disorders (chronic states of muscular pain). In recent years subjective symptoms have become an increasingly more important reason for disability pensions. Social and economic factors, possibility of employment, and other non-medical factors seem to play a more determining role than ill health in the process leading to disability.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for sosialmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo, Rikshospitalet.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grünfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data