Figure 1From: General practitioners’ perceptions of working with the certification of sickness absences following changes in the Swedish social security system: a qualitative focus-group studyIllustration of the categories that emerged from the FGDs. 1. Physicians’ difficulties in their professional role. 2. Collaboration with other professionals facilitates the COSA. 3. Physicians’ approach in relation to the patient. 4. An easier COSA process.Back to article page