How valid are self-reports of illness-related absence? Evidence from a university employee health management program

Population Health Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 211-217

  Jenkins, Kristi Rahrig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF REPORT; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906224483     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2013.0087     Document Type: Article

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