Concession of sickness benefit to social security beneficiaries due to mental disorders Chance de deferimento de requerimentos de auxílio-doença a segurados do Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social com transtornos mentais

OBJECTIVE: Assess the odds of having an initial claim for statutory sickness benefit awarded (ascribed to mental disorder as the main registered diagnosis), in relation to institutional, clinical, sociodemographic and welfare factors in Juiz de Fora-MG, Brazil. METHOD: Two models of logistic regress...

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Main Authors: Adriana Kelmer Siano, Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro, Mário Sérgio Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011005000013