Affiliations: Centre for Studies on National Social Insurance,
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, Mid-Sweden University,
Östersund, Sweden | Section for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of
Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Björn Jakobsson, Centre for
Studies on National Social Insurance, Mid-Sweden University, 831 25
östersund, Sweden. E-mail: bjorn.jakobsson@mh.se
Abstract: Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate differences
in the effects on employment between clients whose rehabilitation was
coordinated in systematic multiprofessional rehabilitation group meetings and
clients whose rehabilitation was coordinated in the "conventional" way. Method: The study was based on a sample of 51 individuals who
received systematic group meeting coordination. All individuals in the study
group were unemployed before the rehabilitation intervention. Two different
comparison groups were chosen: one at a local level and another at a national
level. The groups were matched on an individual level based on records obtained
from The National Labour Market Board (AMS) and The National Social Insurance
Board (RFV). The data were analysed by an analysis of variance (ANOVA) for
repeated measures for binary responses. Results: 68.6% in the study group and 49% in both the local
comparison group and national group had some form of employment 24 months after
rehabilitation. The ANOVA analyses (in terms of odds ratio) found that when all
measurement points (6, 12 and 24 months after the rehabilitation) were included
in the calculations that there was twice as high a chance of becoming employed
after having received rehabilitation services through the multiprofessional
group than for both comparison groups. The majority of employment in all the
groups was associated with some form of subsidy or sheltered employment.
Keywords: Swedish vocational rehabilitation programmes, unemployed, cooperation between organisations, work disability
