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Sick Leave - Statistics & numerical data
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Definition of 'Sick Leave'An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981) Common names: Sick Leave; Leave, Sick; Disability Leave; Disability Leaves; Leave, Disability; Leaves, Disability; Sick Days; Day, Sick; Days, Sick; Sick Day; Illness Days; Day, Illness; Days, Illness; Illness Day |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study.
4 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVES: To describe the course of chronic low back pain in an inception cohort and to identify prognostic markers at the onset of chronicity. DESIGN: Inception cohort study with one year follow-up. SETTING: Primary care clinics in Sydney, ... Read more...
[Convalescence, sick leave and health economics]
26 Sep 2009 National health policies have been proposed to reduce long-term absenteeism in order to increase labour supply. Convalescence interventions have been developed and optimised and shown to reduce long-term absenteeism and as such they form an integral ... Read more...
Factors associated with incidental sickness absence among employees in one health care system.
30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Assess the association of taking incidental sickness absence with health risks and health status. DESIGN: Observational. SETTING: One Midwest health care system. SUBJECTS: Individuals who were employed for 2 years (2006-2007) and had ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Sick Leave - Statistics & numerical data'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Prognosis for patients with chronic low back pain: inception cohort study. 4 Oct 2009
- Interpreting sickness absence rates of NHS employees.
3 Oct 2009 - [Convalescence, sick leave and health economics] 26 Sep 2009
- Factors associated with incidental sickness absence among employees in one health care system. 30 Aug 2009
- Sickness certification. 30 Aug 2009
- Small-group, interactive education and the effect on asthma control by children and their families. 15 Aug 2009
- Health benefit costs and absenteeism due to insomnia from the employer's perspective: a retrospective, case-control, database study. 30 Jul 2009
- Musculoskeletal disorders in physically active conscripts: a one-year follow-up study in the Finnish Defence Forces. 20 Jul 2009
- Identification of UK sickness certification rates, standardised for age and sex. 29 Jun 2009
- Using sickness absence records to predict future depression in a working population: prospective findings from the GAZEL cohort. 16 Jun 2009
- Musculoskeletal impairments in the Norwegian working population: the prognostic role of diagnoses and socioeconomic status: a prospective study of sickness absence and transition to disability pension. 13 Jun 2009
- Patients with depressive disorder, their co-morbidity, visiting rate and disability in relation to self-evaluation of physical and mental health: a cross-sectional study in family practice.
30 May 2009 - Quality of life in 1000 patients with early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. 30 May 2009
- [Self-fulfilling prophecies and development in the field of pensions] 30 May 2009
- Burden of morbidity in a patient perspective: the case of sick-leave certified patients in primary care. 25 May 2009
- [Analysis of the length of sick leave in Andalusia. Associated factors] 19 May 2009
- What works best for whom? An exploratory, subgroup analysis in a randomized, controlled trial on the effectiveness of a workplace intervention in low back pain patients on return to work. 18 May 2009
- Sick leave before and after diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis--a report from the Swedish TIRA project. 29 Apr 2009
- ["Who profits?" - patient characteristics as outcome predictors in psychosomatic rehabilitation] 15 Apr 2009
- Sick-leave track record and other potential predictors of a disability pension. A population based study of 8,218 men and women followed for 16 years. 13 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Sick Leave'
Definition: An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)
Descriptor UI: D018582
Alternative terms: Sick Leave; Leave, Sick; Disability Leave; Disability Leaves; Leave, Disability; Leaves, Disability; Sick Days; Day, Sick; Days, Sick; Sick Day; Illness Days; Day, Illness; Days, Illness; Illness Day;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; statistics & numerical data; trends;
Tree Number: N01.824.417.700.662; N04.452.677.800.662;
History Note: 95
Technical Notes: permitted absence for sickness, often paid leave