ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2016
Long-term sick leave and the impact of a graded return-to-work program: evidence from Germany.
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- The Current Practice of Gradual Return to Work in Germany: A Qualitative Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations of employment sector and occupational exposures with full and part-time sickness absence: random and fixed effects analyses on panel data.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
- 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
- Stakeholders' Role and Actions in the Return-to-Work Process of Workers on Sick-Leave Due to Common Mental Disorders: A Scoping Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- The excess economic burden of mental disorders: findings from a cross-sectional prevalence survey in Austria.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020Article
- A psychosocial theory of sick leave put to the test in the European Working Conditions Survey 2010-2015.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Returning to work after sickness absence due to common mental disorders: study design and baseline findings from an 18 months mixed methods follow-up study in Germany.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Work ability and work functioning: measuring change in individuals recently returned to work.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2019Article
- Vocational Rehabilitation in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Supporting Return to Work and Daily Life Functioning.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- How do occupational rehabilitation clinicians approach participants on long-term sick leave in order to facilitate return to work? A focus group study.BMC health services research · 2017Article
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Abstract
The implementation of a graded return-to-work (RTW) program to reintegrate the long-term sick started in Germany in 1971 and has been manifested in the Social Code Book V since 1989. Based on a return plan by the physician and the insured, participants increase their working hours slowly over a specified period of time. As participants are still classified as incapable of working they still receive sick leave benefits. Using claims data from the Techniker Krankenkasse, the largest German sickness fund, the study aims at identifying participants and analyzing the full return-to-work and the impact of the RTW program. Thereby, we account for socio-economic factors, insurance-based characteristics, and medical and health-related information. We consider a possible selection bias by using individual weights to analyze determinants of length of the sickness absence by applying models for survival analysis (Cox proportional hazard model). As a main result - depending on the central assumption of unconfoundedness - sickness absence is positively related to participation in the RTW program for those with sickness absence longer than 120 days. For mental disorders, our results indicate an even stronger effect. The study results emphasize the need further promotion of this instrument among those insured, physicians and employers, as occupational health management is one key for a successful return-to-work.
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