ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2012
Part-time sick leave as a treatment method for individuals with musculoskeletal disorders.
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- The association between musculoskeletal symptoms and work characteristics, demographic factors, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and shift work disorder: a cross-sectional study among Norwegian nurses.Industrial health · 2026Article
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- Is the association between graded sickness absence and return to work confounded by health? A longitudinal cohort study from the Norwegian neck and back registry.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Duration and intensity of occupational lifting and risk of long-term sickness absence: Prospective cohort study with register follow-up among 45 000 workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- Evaluating the Impact of Intensive Case Management for Severe Vocational Injuries on Work Incapacity and Costs.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Inability to Work Fulltime, Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Applicants for Work Disability Benefit.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Workplace flexibility important for part-time sick leave selection-an exploratory cross-sectional study of long-term sick listed in Norway.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Effect of Partial Sick Leave on Sick Leave Duration in Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of Integration and Re-Integration into Work Strategies for Persons with Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review of European Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Long-term sick leave and the impact of a graded return-to-work program: evidence from Germany.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2016Article
- Causal inference in multi-state models-sickness absence and work for 1145 participants after work rehabilitation.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Effectiveness of new legislation on partial sickness benefit on work participation: a quasi-experiment in Finland.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Does part-time sick leave help individuals with mental disorders recover lost work capacity?Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Prognostic factors for return to work, sickness benefits, and transitions between these states: a 4-year follow-up after work-related rehabilitation.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Partial sick leave associated with disability pension: propensity score approach in a register-based cohort study.BMJ open · 2012Article
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Abstract
introductionThere is increasing evidence that staying active is an important part of a recovery process for individuals on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). It has been suggested that using part-time sick-leave rather than full-time sick leave will enhance the possibility of full recovery to the workforce, and several countries actively favor this policy. The aim of this paper is to examine if it is beneficial for individuals on sick leave due to MSDs to be on part-time sick leave compared to full-time sick leave.
methodsA sample of 1,170 employees from the RFV-LS (register) database of the Social Insurance Agency of Sweden is used. The effect of being on part-time sick leave compared to full-time sick leave is estimated for the probability of returning to work with full recovery of lost work capacity. A two-stage recursive bivariate probit model is used to deal with the endogeneity problem.
resultsThe results indicate that employees assigned to part-time sick leave do recover to full work capacity with a higher probability than those assigned to full-time sick leave. The average treatment effect of part-time sick leave is 25 percentage points.
conclusionsConsidering that part-time sick leave may also be less expensive than assigning individuals to full-time sick leave, this would imply efficiency improvements from assigning individuals, when possible, to part-time sick leave.
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