Heterogeneity and event dependence in the analysis of sickness absence

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Torá Rocamora, Isabel ^a,b   Gimeno, David ^a,b,c   Delclos, George ^a,b,d   Benavides, Fernando G ^a,b   Manzanera, Rafael ^e   Jardí, Josefina ^e   Alberti, Constança ^e   Yasui, Yutaka ^f   Martínez, José Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c San Antonio Campus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional frailty model; Mental disorders; Neoplasms; Poisson regression; Sickness absence; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883765631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-114     Document Type: Article

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