Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Kjerstad, Egil - In: Social Science & Medicine 128 (2015) C, pp. 290-300
The Faster Return to Work (FRW) scheme that Norwegian authorities implemented in 2007 is an example of a policy that builds on the human capital approach. The main idea behind the scheme is that long waiting times for hospital treatment lead to unnecessarily long periods of absence from work. To...