Visits to Small Coastal Communities of Northern Norway by a Doctor and a Health Insurance Officer
Visits to small coastal communities of Northern Norway by a doctor and a health insurance officer. Brevik, I. J. and Indrevoll, N. (Institute for Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway). What can we learn by visiting small remote communities, giving information about health insurance and s...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/140349487600400123 2023-05-15T17:43:18+02:00 Visits to Small Coastal Communities of Northern Norway by a Doctor and a Health Insurance Officer Brevik, John Ivar Indrevoll, Nils 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/140349487600400123 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/140349487600400123 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine volume 4, issue 1, page 131-133 ISSN 0300-8037 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health journal-article 1976 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/140349487600400123 2022-04-14T04:51:32Z Visits to small coastal communities of Northern Norway by a doctor and a health insurance officer. Brevik, I. J. and Indrevoll, N. (Institute for Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway). What can we learn by visiting small remote communities, giving information about health insurance and social allowances, assisting clients in completing application forms, etc? In the present study we met attitudes that made some people bear numet needs instead of craving their legal rights. Our visits improved the communication between the people concerned and the Local Health Insurance Office. The officer realized what impairment might mean for working capacity in such communities, and got in a better position to handle various applications. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway University of Tromsø SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Brevik ENVELOPE(8.010,8.010,63.001,63.001) Indrevoll ENVELOPE(19.583,19.583,69.444,69.444) Norway Tromsø Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine 4 1 131 133 |
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Visits to small coastal communities of Northern Norway by a doctor and a health insurance officer. Brevik, I. J. and Indrevoll, N. (Institute for Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway). What can we learn by visiting small remote communities, giving information about health insurance and social allowances, assisting clients in completing application forms, etc? In the present study we met attitudes that made some people bear numet needs instead of craving their legal rights. Our visits improved the communication between the people concerned and the Local Health Insurance Office. The officer realized what impairment might mean for working capacity in such communities, and got in a better position to handle various applications. |
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