Onderzoek naar het beoordelingsgedrag van verzekeringsartsen [A study of the assessment behaviour of insurance physicians]

Inter-doctor variation in claim assessments is undesirable. The research question of this study is how the concepts of Attitude, Social Norm, Self- Efficacy and Intention (ASE-model) shape the behaviour that insurance physicians themselves report with regard to the process of the occupational disability assessment (Behaviour-process) and its...

Onderzoek naar interdoktervariatie bij beoordelingen van verzekeringsartsen [A study of the assessment behaviour of insurance physicians]

The aim of this study is to determine the extent and the associated factors of systematic variations in the disability assessments of long-term sick-listed employees by Dutch insurance physicians (IP’s). Variables from a questionnaire survey among IPs, based on the ‘Attitude - Social norm - self-Efficacy’ (ASE) model, were linked to the outcomes...

Can self-reported disability assessment behaviour of insurance physicians be explained? Applying the ASE model

Very little is known about the attitudes and views that might underlie and explain the variation in occupational disability assessment behaviour between insurance physicians. In an earlier study we presented an adjusted ASE model (Attitude, Social norm, Self-efficacy) to identify the determinants of the disability assessment behaviour among...

The development of instruments to measure the work disability assessment behaviour of insurance physicians

Background: Variation in assessments is a universal given, and work disability assessments by insurance physicians are no exception. Little is known about the considerations and views of insurance physicians that may partly explain such variation. On the basis of the Attitude - Social norm - self Efficacy (ASE) model, we have developed...

Inter-doctor variations in the assessment of functional incapacities by insurance physicians

Background. The aim of this study was to determine the - largely unexplored - extent of systematic variation in the work disability assessment by Dutch insurance physicians (IPs) of employees on long-term sick leave, and to ascertain whether this variation was associated with the individual characteristics and opinions of IPs. Methods. In March...

Eindverslag projectgroep SMBA: project SMBA Innovatieve voorstellen voor Sociaal-Medische Beoordeling van Arbeidsvermogen

De projectgroep Innovatie van Sociaal-Medische Beoordeling van Arbeidsvermogen (SMBA) beveelt haar eindverslag graag in de aandacht aan van iedere betrokkene bij dit onderwerp: De onderzoekers, gedurende het project de primaire gesprekspartners van de projectgroep, die aan geleverde ontwerpen voor innovatie verder gestalte zullen moeten geven,...

Arts of advocaat: Nieuwe WAO verandert de rol van de verzekeringsarts

Sinds de WAO in 1967 werd ingevoerd, is deze wet regelmatig onderhevig geweest aan bijstellingen en ingrepen die tot doel hadden het almaar stijgende aantal WAO'ers te beperken. Ook dit jaar staat een ingrijpende verandering van de WAO voor de deur. Het zich steeds weer moeten aanpassen aan veranderingen in wet- en regelgeving stelt hoge eisen...

Monoclonal antibody-based plasma assays for fibrin(ogen) and derivatives, and their clinical relevance