Ill-health retirement among healthcare workers in the Southern Health Board of the Republic of Ireland

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 364-368

  Gleeson, Deirdre ^a,c   Gallagher, John ^b  

^a Civil Service Occupational Health Department   (Ireland)

^b Southern Health Board   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Ill health retirement; Pension scheme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; RETIREMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844546344     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi098     Document Type: Article

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