Parametric hazard rate models for long-term sickness absence

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-582

  Koopmans, Petra C ^a,b   Roelen, Corné A M ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards model; Long term sickness absence; Methodology; Parametric models; Register data; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63349098015     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0369-2     Document Type: Article

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