Figure 2 .

Ten prerequisites for improvement were listed. Six prerequisites for improvement mentioned to be important by more than half of the responders are presented here: 1, overall health status of the patient must be the major issue; 2, professional independence of occupational physicians; 3, guarantees about the use of given information; 4, specificity about the abilities of occupational physicians; 5, clarity about the goal of information provided; 6, guidelines about indication for cooperation, communication, and job delineation within the vocational rehabilitation process.