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Mapping first‐line health care providers' roles, practices, and impacts on care for workers with compensable musculoskeletal disorders in four jurisdictions: A critical interpretive synthesis
Mapping first‐line health care providers' roles, practices, and impacts on care for workers with compensable musculoskeletal disorders in four jurisdictions: A critical interpretive synthesis
- Source :
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 62:545-558
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background First-line health care providers are the primary access point for workers' benefits. However, little is known about their impact on quality of care and return-to-work. Our objective was to critically compare literature on the practices of first-line providers for workers with musculoskeletal injuries in Ontario and Quebec (Canada), Washington State (United States), and Victoria (Australia). Methods A critical interpretive synthesis of peer-reviewed scientific literature was conducted. The search across six databases yielded 59 relevant publications that were critically appraised. Results Three themes emerged: 1) how policies about first-line health care providers' modulate worker access to care, 2) how these providers' roles, practices, and training shape disability management, and 3) how the quality of care and disability outcomes are evaluated. Conclusions First-line health care providers have a critical influence on workers' trajectories of care. A focus on their role while taking the complexity of the context into account will help orient future policy changes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Washington
Victoria
Health Personnel
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities
First line
Workers' compensation
Context (language use)
Scientific literature
Occupational safety and health
03 medical and health sciences
Professional Role
Return to Work
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Health care
Humans
Medicine
Musculoskeletal Diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Quality of care
Quality of Health Care
Ontario
business.industry
Quebec
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
030210 environmental & occupational health
Occupational Diseases
Workers' Compensation
Female
business
Medical doctor
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970274 and 02713586
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....329bcba5dcf43605e7f17d8b282d79a9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22972