ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2021
'Return to Work' Coordinator Model and Work Participation of Employees: A Natural Intervention Study in Finland.
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- Effectiveness of work ability interventions on productivity: a systematic review.Journal of occupational health · 2025Pooled it
- Realising the Case Management Ideal in Multi-organisational Coordination Work to Support Work Ability and (Re)employment in Finland.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Association of Waiting Time with Postoperative Health Care Use and Sickness Absences: A Register Study in Finland.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exploring the Role of Sickness Absence Coordinators in Implementing Interventions to Reduce Sickness Absence in Public Sector Workplaces in Denmark.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Web-enhanced return-to-work coordination for employees with common mental disorders: reduction of sick leave duration and relapse.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Healthcare professionals' perceptions of the contributions of rehabilitation coordinators to patients in Swedish psychiatric care: a qualitative descriptive study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Qualitative study of barriers and facilitators encountered by individuals with physical diseases in returning and continuing to work.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Alternative duty work as workplace-initiated procedure to reduce sickness absence.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Purpose Employers increasingly use 'return to work' (RTW) coordinators to support work ability and extend working careers, particularly among employees with reduced work ability. We examined whether applying this model was associated with changes in employee sickness absence and disability retirements. Methods We used data from the Finnish Public Sector study from 2009 until 2015. Employees where the model was introduced in 2012 constituted the cases (n = 4120, one municipality) and employees where the model was not in use during the follow-up, represented the controls (n = 5600, two municipalities). We analysed risk of disability retirement in 2013-2015 and risk of sickness absence after (2013-2015) vs. before (2009-2011) intervention by case-control status. Results The incidence of disability retirement after the intervention was lower in cases compared to controls both in the total population (hazard ratio HR = 0.49, 95% CI 0.30-0.79) and in the subgroup of participants with reduced work ability (HR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.12-0.99). The risk of sickness absence increased from pre-intervention to post-intervention period both among cases and controls although the relative increase was greater among cases (RR
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