Year: 2015
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper exploits a government initiative to analyze the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals with mild or moderate mental illness and multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) for individuals with pain in back and shoulders. We employ a propensity score matching approach to study the effects on sick leave, health care consumption and drug prescriptions. We find that CBT improved health and prevented sick leave for individuals who were not on sick leave when treatment was initiated but had no effect for individuals who were on sick leave when the treatment was initiated. MDT was a failure regardless of the individual's sick leave status at the time of treatment. MDT increased sick leave while having no long term impact on either health care visits or drug prescriptions.
Authors: Pathric Hägglund, Per Johansson, Lisa Jönsson
Institution: Uppsala University
Language: English
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2175194730