Assessing work ability – a cross-sectional study of interrater agreement between disability claimants, treating physicians, and medical experts

Assessing work ability – a cross-sectional study of interrater agreement between disability claimants, treating physicians, and medical experts

OBJECTIVES: It is unclear to what extent assessments of work ability differ between disability claimants, their treating physicians, and multidisciplinary medical expert teams. METHODS: We compared assessments of work ability for consecutive disability claimants referred to a multidisciplinary asses...

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Main Authors: Salome Dell-Kuster, Simon Lauper, Joerg Koehler, Johanna Zwimpfer, Benedikt Altermatt, Tibor Zwimpfer, Leon Zwimpfer, Jim Young, Heiner C Bucher, Alain J Nordmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2014-09-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:
cross-sectional study
work ability
disability
physician
disability pension
interrater agreement
disability claimant
medical expert
claimant
disability insurance claim
disagreement
percentage work ability
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