Increased risk of long-term sickness absence, lower rate of return to work, and higher risk of unemployment and disability pensioning for thyroid patients: A danish register-based cohort study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3184-3192

  Nexo, M A ^a,b   Watt, T ^c   Pedersen, J ^a   Bonnema, S J ^d   Hegedus L ^d   Rasmussen, A K ^c   Feldt Rasmussen, U ^c   Bjorner, J B ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NODULAR GOITER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PENSION; RETURN TO WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; MEDICAL LEAVE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID DISEASES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; THYROID DISEASES; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907224119     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4468     Document Type: Article

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