title: [Evaluation of sick leave notification II--a certificate for more than eight weeks sick leave. From the project Evaluation of follow-up of long-term sick leave patients].
abstract: An increase in sick leave has been registered by both the National Insurance Administration and by the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry. In 1988, expenditure on sick leave was NOK 20.7 billion. The same year the National Insurance Institution found that the average length of each sick leave was 49 days. An arrangement for notification of sick leave was enforced in order to strengthen follow up of persons in receipt of sick pay who had been off work for more than eight weeks. Our survey in Skedsmo shows that this arrangement is not commonly known among the public. In view of the increasing public consciousness about national insurance in general, the doctors who are required to submit notification of sick leave are of the opinion that this arrangement is a useful venture. It is difficult to conclude, however, that this arrangement has been of any benefit to the individual patient. The national insurance office has registered a decrease in expenditure on sick leave, but the work load of officials in the administration has increased.
authors.affiliation: Skedsmo trygdekontor, Skedsmokorset.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Melsom
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noreik
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000639:trends*; D009664:Norway; D012943:Social Security; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Evaluering av Sykmelding II--en legeattest for sykmelding ut over åtte uker. Fra prosjektet Evaluering av oppfølging av langtidssykmeldte.