The effect of community-acquired bacteraemia on return to workforce, risk of sick leave, permanent disability pension and death: A Danish population-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dalager Pedersen, Michael ^a,b   Koch, Kristoffer ^a,b   Thomsen, Reimar Wernich ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONVALESCENCE; DENMARK; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84894220728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004208     Document Type: Article

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