When healthcare workers get sick: Exploring sickness absenteeism in British Columbia, Canada

Work

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Gorman, Erin ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Alamgir, Hasanat ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care sector; Occupational health; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77649265427     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0963     Document Type: Article

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