IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Sick leave assessments of workers with subjective health complaints. The current study showed that there are differences between occupational physicians and insurance physicians in sick leave assessments for workers with subjective health complaints. These differences may be based on different perspectives, roles and tasks of physicians. Physicians working in the rehabilitation and occupational health system should be more aware of the impact of these differences on their assessments and advices. Better communication and collaboration between physicians, and more insight into and clarification of the perspectives may result in more agreement between physicians’ sick leave assessment and advice towards workers.