Table 2 Key Factors during the Implementation of the Return to Work Program
No. | Main theme | Subthemes | Quotation |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Case Managers | Personal skills | “The solutions came in to argue sometimes, not only communication skill but our knowledge and experience are also coveted because approached them to emphasize their decency can be regained through the RTW program.” |
Personal literacy | “To assist a patient with disability to join RTW program is very challenging as we need comprehensive knowledge about case management to be able to engage integrative framework used to examine, schedule, enforce, organize, evaluate alternatives and solutions” | ||
2 | Barriers of implementation | Providers | “We often need to keep moving find a hospital or clinic to meet another specialist who has enough time and patience to explain the condition of the patient who is involved in the return to work scheme.” |
Authorities | “Another challenge is to constrain perceptions for employers to enable workers to be a part of the RTW program as we are only giving a recommendation. The authorities are on the employer’s hand.” | ||
Guidelines | “Regulations cannot explicitly be introduced to include workers in the RTW program, but employers’ and workers’ consideration and government support must be given for the provision of integrated, comprehensive rehabilitation services for workers with disabilities due to occupational accidents or disease.” | ||
Stakeholder’s support | “Even though there are regulations, not all companies are willing to participate their employees in the RTW program. They think this initiative will take a long time, so it’s best to hire new people who have the same skills.” |