Ensuring a healthy and productive workforce: Comparing the generosity of paid sick day and sick leave policies in 22 countries

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Heymann, Jody ^a   Rho, Hye ^a   Schmitt, John ^a   Earle, Alison ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; WAGE; WORKER POLICING;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

BELGIUM; CANADA; JAPAN; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949480896     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.40.1.a     Document Type: Article

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