The cost of saying no: general practitioners' gatekeeping role in sickness absence certification

• Main Authors: Eivor Hovde Hoff (Author), Kristian B Kraft (Author), Cathrine F Moe (Author), Magne Nylenna (Author), Kristian A Østby (Author), Arnstein Mykletun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) have an important gatekeeping role in the Norwegian sickness insurance system. This role includes limiting access to paid sick leave when this is not justified according to sick leave criteria. 85% of GPs in Norway operate within a fee-for-service syst...