ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2011
Paid sick days and health care use: an analysis of the 2007 national health interview survey data.
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- Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Examining Reasons for Using Non-Primary Care Providers as Usual Source of Health Care: Insights From the All of Us Study.Health care science · 2025Article
- Subtyping Social Determinants of Health in the "All of Us" Program: Network Analysis and Visualization Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Population, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with state preemption laws in the United States, 2009-2018.PloS one · 2025Article
- Paid Sick Leave and Self-Reported Depression and Anxiety: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Subtyping Social Determinants of Health inmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- State policies that promote, and that inhibit, improved public health: An exploratory analysis of paid sick leave.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Associations Between a New York City Paid Sick Leave Mandate and Health Care Utilization Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in New York City and New York State.JAMA health forum · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Cardiovascular Health by Occupation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Among U.S. Workers Aged ≥45 Years.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
- State Preemption: A Significant and Quiet Threat to Public Health in the United States.American journal of public health · 2017Article
- Association between parental access to paid sick leave and children's access to and use of healthcare services.American journal of industrial medicine · 2017Article
- Paid sick days and stay-at-home behavior for influenza.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn identifying factors of health care use, past research has focused on individual-level characteristics or on the health care system itself. This study investigates whether access to paid sick days, an amenable environmental factor outside the health care system, is associated with primary and emergency care use.
methodsA nationally representative sample of 14,302 U.S. working adults extracted from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey data was used. Multiple logistic regressions were performed, controlling for demographic variables, health conditions and status, and access to health care.
resultsWorkers with lower socioeconomic status, poorer health status, or without health insurance or regular places for care were more likely to lack paid sick days than higher-status workers. For all U.S. working adults, access to paid sick days benefits was significantly associated with increased use of outpatient care but not with reduced use of ER. For U.S. working adults with health insurance coverage, access to paid sick days benefits was significantly associated with increased use of outpatient care and reduced use of emergency care.
conclusionsA public policy mandating paid sick days may help facilitate timely access to primary care, reduce avoidable emergency care use, and reduce health disparities among workers.
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