Decision making and co-operation between stakeholders within the process of sick leave. A case study in a Danish municipality
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Decision making and co-operation between stakeholders within the process of sick leave. A case study in a Danish municipality. / Johansen, Kristina; Andersen, John Sahl; Mikkelsen, Sigurd; Lynge, Elsebeth.
I: Journal of Interprofessional Care, Bind 25, Nr. 1, 25.01.2011, s. 59-65.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Decision making and co-operation between stakeholders within the process of sick leave. A case study in a Danish municipality
AU - Johansen, Kristina
AU - Andersen, John Sahl
AU - Mikkelsen, Sigurd
AU - Lynge, Elsebeth
PY - 2011/1/25
Y1 - 2011/1/25
N2 - The study addresses how recent reforms of the Sickness Benefit Act in Denmark are put into practice. A single case study embedded with five subunits of analysis based on "real life" cases has been conducted in a Danish municipality. Five "sick-listed" citizens and their respective municipal case manager and general practitioner (GP) were interviewed. Two key persons within the municipality were interviewed as background informants. The GPs and case managers ability to co-operate was hampered by lack of time, frequent staff turnover, lack of financial resources, and low accessibility. The motivation for co-operation was low due to low status of social medical issues, lack of feedback and lack of trust. The co-operation was characterized by sequential task integration. The stakeholders encountered difficulties when reciprocal task integration was needed. The decision making was affected by legal constraints and conflicting paradigms of key stakeholders. Rather than forcing co-operation, policymakers should increase the stakeholders' abilities and improve the conditions that create the low level of trust and hamper the willingness to co-operate.
AB - The study addresses how recent reforms of the Sickness Benefit Act in Denmark are put into practice. A single case study embedded with five subunits of analysis based on "real life" cases has been conducted in a Danish municipality. Five "sick-listed" citizens and their respective municipal case manager and general practitioner (GP) were interviewed. Two key persons within the municipality were interviewed as background informants. The GPs and case managers ability to co-operate was hampered by lack of time, frequent staff turnover, lack of financial resources, and low accessibility. The motivation for co-operation was low due to low status of social medical issues, lack of feedback and lack of trust. The co-operation was characterized by sequential task integration. The stakeholders encountered difficulties when reciprocal task integration was needed. The decision making was affected by legal constraints and conflicting paradigms of key stakeholders. Rather than forcing co-operation, policymakers should increase the stakeholders' abilities and improve the conditions that create the low level of trust and hamper the willingness to co-operate.
U2 - 10.3109/13561820.2010.483367
DO - 10.3109/13561820.2010.483367
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20795840
VL - 25
SP - 59
EP - 65
JO - Journal of Interprofessional Care
JF - Journal of Interprofessional Care
SN - 1356-1820
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 32326534