Independent medical evaluation of general practitioners' follow-up of sick-listed patients: a cross-sectional study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study was designed to examine the sufficiency of general practitioners' (GPs) follow-up of patients on sick leave, assessed by independent medical evaluators.

Design

Cross-sectional study SETTING: Primary health care in the Western part of Norway. The study reuses data from a randomised controlled trial-the Norwegian independent medical evaluation trial (NIME trial).

Participants

The intervention group in the NIME trial: Sick-listed workers having undergone an independent medical evaluation by an experienced GP at 6 months of unremitting sick leave (n=937; 57% women). In the current study, the participants were distributed into six exposure groups defined by gender and main sick leave diagnoses (women/musculoskeletal, men/musculoskeletal, women/mental,

SUBMITTER: Oyeflaten I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202711 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature