Barriers and enablers to returning to work from long-term sickness absence: Part I-A quantitative perspective

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-324

  Board, Belinda J ^a,b   Brown, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b PeopleWise Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence phase specificity; Long term sickness absence; Return to work; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ABSENTEEISM; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 79952716076     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20889     Document Type: Article

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