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

• Main Authors: Salome Dell-Kuster (Author), Simon Lauper (Author), Joerg Koehler (Author), Johanna Zwimpfer (Author), Benedikt Altermatt (Author), Tibor Zwimpfer (Author), Leon Zwimpfer (Author), Jim Young (Author), Heiner C Bucher (Author), Alain J Nordmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...