Barriers of inter-organisational integration in vocational rehabilitation

Barriers of inter-organisational integration in vocational rehabilitation

INTRODUCTION A project of vocational rehabilitation was studied in Sweden between 1999 and 2002. The project included four public organisations: the social insurance office, the local health services, the municipal social service and the office of the state employment service. The aim of this paper was to analyse perceived barriers in the development of inter-organisational integration. THEOR...

Barriers to the Integration of Care in Inter-Organisational Settings: A Literature Review

Inter-organisational integration for rehabilitation in Sweden – variation in views on long-term goals

PURPOSE The aim was to study variation in views on long-term goals expressed by members in a project concerning rehabilitation of individuals in an area in mid Sweden. The organisations participating were the municipal social services, the county council's health care organisation, the governmental social insurance office, the national employment service and the national labour market institute...

Development of interorganisational integration—a vocational rehabilitation project

The project was one of several structural efforts that were launched in Sweden in the 1990s to increase integration between different organisations regarding vocational rehabilitation. The goal was to obtain advantages for both clients and society through coordination of joint resources. To understand the development of interorganisational integration four studies were performed based on data c...

The Impacts of Vocational Rehabilitation

• We study the effects of vocational rehabilitation (VR) on employment and earnings. • Effects are identified on the basis of variation in local treatment strategies. • Properly designed VR can significantly raise employment among the disabled. • Strategies focusing on rapid placement in regular jobs are the more effective. • Sheltered jobs may reduce the chances for returning to the regular la...