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ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2024

Social Insurance Literacy Among the Sick-listed-A Study of Clients' Comprehension and Self-Rated System Comprehensibility of the Sickness Insurance System.

Elin A Karlsson, Mattias Hellgren, Jan L Sandqvist, Ida Seing, Christian Ståhl

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Article in Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Elin A KarlssonDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Society and Health, Unit of Public Health, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. elin.a.karlsson@liu.se.
Mattias HellgrenDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jan L SandqvistDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
Ida SeingDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Christian StåhlDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Linköping University · SE

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Försäkringskassan Dnr: 052668-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSickness insurance systems and their processes have been studied in terms of transparency, comprehensibility and fairness, highlighting the importance of just procedures that make sense to clients. Related research demonstrates differences between groups of clients, pointing towards a social gradient. The concept of social insurance literacy and the Social Insurance Literacy Questionnaire (SILQ) was recently developed and serves as a measure for client's ability to obtain, understand and act on information in a sickness insurance system, relating to the comprehensibility of the information that the system provides.

objectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate social insurance literacy among clients on sick leave and its associations with perceived justice, being granted sickness benefits and background factors.

methodsThis was a questionnaire study with clients on sick leave in Sweden. In the selection process 3993 clients were invited, of which 1173 recently had their sickness benefits withdrawn. Those who answered the SILQ (n = 1152) also answered a perceived justice measure and accepted sharing register data from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. Data were analyzed through regression analysis.

resultsThe findings demonstrate that clients' perceptions of system comprehensibility and the status of their sick leave case was significantly associated with perceived justice, and being granted sickness benefits, while their individual abilities to obtain, understand, and act on information had lesser influence.

conclusionsThe system's ability to provide understandable information seems more important than clients' abilities to comprehend it. From a client perspective, a just system seems to be related to their experiences of the sick leave process (i,e., whether they had an ongoing or closed case) rather than their skills to obtain the correct information.

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ComprehensionSick LeaveAdultFemaleHealth LiteracyHumansMaleMiddle AgedSocial JusticeSocial SecuritySurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenComprehensibilityLegitimacyPerceived justiceSick leaveSocial insurance system

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PMID38214781
PMCPMC11550270
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