ArticleBMJ open2014
Effectiveness of new legislation on partial sickness benefit on work participation: a quasi-experiment in Finland.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Impact of Parental and Medical Leave Policies on Socioeconomic and Health Outcomes in OECD Countries: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature.The Milbank quarterly · 2018Pooled it
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- Beyond Return to Work: The Effect of Multimorbidity on Work Functioning Trajectories After Sick Leave due to Common Mental Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Trial
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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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- Working life expectancy and working years lost among users of part- and full-time sickness absence in Finland.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
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- Alternative duty work as workplace-initiated procedure to reduce sickness absence.BMC public health · 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
- Networking of occupational health care units promotes reduction of permanent disability pensions among workers they care: A register-based study controlled by benchmarking with a 5-year follow-up.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
- Intervention policies and social security in case of reduced working capacity in the Netherlands, Finland and Germany: a comparative analysis.International journal of public health · 2018Article
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- 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 legislative changes obligating notification of prolonged sickness absence and assessment of remaining work ability on return to work and work participation: a natural experiment in Finland.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the effect of the new legislation on partial sickness benefit on subsequent work participation of Finns with long-term sickness absence. Additionally, we investigated whether the effect differed by sex, age or diagnostic category.
designA register-based quasi-experimental study compared the intervention (partial sick leave) group with the comparison (full sick leave) group regarding their pre-post differences in the outcome. The preintervention and postintervention period each consisted of 365 days.
settingNationwide, individual-level data on the beneficiaries of partial or full sickness benefit in 2008 were obtained from national sickness insurance, pension and earnings registers.
participants1738 persons in the intervention and 56,754 persons in the comparison group. OUTCOME: Work participation, measured as the proportion (%) of time within 365 days when participants were gainfully employed and did not receive either partial or full ill-health-related or unemployment benefits.
resultsAlthough work participation declined in both groups, the decline was 5% (absolute difference-in-differences) smaller in the intervention than in the comparison group, with a minor sex difference. The beneficial effect of partial sick leave was seen especially among those aged 45-54 (5%) and 55-65 (6%) and in mental disorders (13%). When the groups were rendered more exchangeable (propensity score matching on age, sex, diagnostic category, income, occupation, insurance district, work participation, sickness absence, rehabilitation periods and unemployment, prior to intervention and their interaction terms), the effects on work participation were doubled and seen in all age groups and in other diagnostic categories than traumas.
conclusionsThe results suggest that the new legislation has potential to increase work participation of the population with long-term sickness absence in Finland. If applied in a larger scale, partial sick leave may turn out to be a useful tool in reducing withdrawal of workers from the labour market due to health reasons.
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