A protocol improves GP recording of long-term sickness absence risk factors
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A protocol improves GP recording of long-term sickness absence risk factors.
BACKGROUND If general practitioners (GPs) were better informed about patients' risks of long-term sickness absence (LTSA), they could incorporate these risk assessments into their patient management plans and cooperate more with occupational physicians to prevent LTSA. AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of a protocol helping GPs in recording risks of LTSA and in co-operating with occupational ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn017