What makes physicians go to work while sick: A comparative STUDY of Sickness presenteeism in four European countries (HOUPE)

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sendén, Marie Gustafsson ^a,b   Løvseth, Lise Tevik ^c   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^b   Fridner, Ann ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Physician health; Sickness presenteeism; Work organisation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; SICKNESS PRESENTEEISM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WELLBEING; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ICELAND; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SICK ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84883893045     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13840     Document Type: Article

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