Does graded return-to-work improve sick-listed workers' chance of returning to regular working hours?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-169

  Høgelund, Jan ^a   Holm, Anders ^a,b   McIntosh, James ^a,c  

^a VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graded return to work; Hazard rate model; Long term sickness; Simultaneous equations; Work disability

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; GRADED RETURN TO WORK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SICK LEAVE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77049105366     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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