ArticleBMJ open2012
Partial sick leave associated with disability pension: propensity score approach in a register-based cohort study.
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- Handling missing data in propensity score estimation in comparative effectiveness evaluations: a systematic review.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2018Pooled it
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- Labour market trajectories after part-time sickness absence: a nationwide cohort study from Finland.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Effect of Partial Sick Leave on Sick Leave Duration in Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Association of work-time control with sickness absence due to musculoskeletal and mental disorders: An occupational cohort study.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
- Do individual and work-related factors differentiate work participation trajectories before and after vocational rehabilitation?PloS one · 2019Article
- 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
- Effectiveness of new legislation on partial sickness benefit on work participation: a quasi-experiment in Finland.BMJ open · 2014Article
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- Erratum issuedCorrection.2012
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Abstract
objectivesTo support sustainability of the welfare society enhanced work retention is needed among those with impaired work ability. Partial health-related benefits have been introduced for this target. The aim was to estimate the effects of partial sick leave on transition to disability pension applying propensity score methods.
designRegister-based cohort study.
settingSample from the national sickness insurance registers representative of the Finnish working population (full-time workers) with long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders, mental disorders, traumas or tumours.
participantsAll recipients of partial or full sickness benefit whose sick leave period had ended between 1 May and 31 December 2007 were included. The sample was limited to four most prevalent diagnostic groups-mental and musculoskeletal disorders, traumas and tumours. The total sample consisted of 1047 subjects on partial sick leave (treatment group) and 28 380 subjects on full sick leave (control group). A subsample (1017 and 25 249 subjects, respectively) was formed to improve the comparability of the two groups. OUTCOME MEASURES: A three-category measure and a binary measure for the occurrence of disability pension on the last day of 2008 were computed.
resultsPartial sickness benefit reduced the risk (change in absolute risk) of full disability pension by 6% and increased the risk of partial disability pension by 8% compared with full sick leave. The effects did not differ markedly for the two main diagnostic groups of musculoskeletal and mental disorders. In men, the use of full disability pension was reduced by 10% with a 5% increase in the use of partial disability pension, while in women the effects were close to those of the total sample.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that combining work with partial sick leave may provide one means to increase work retention at population level. The use of partial sick leave could be encouraged among men.
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