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Social Interaction and Sickness Absence [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2008
Does the average level of sickness absence in a neighborhood affect individual sickness absence through social interaction on the neighborhood level? To answer this question, we consider evidence of local benefit-dependency cultures. Well-known methodological problems in this type of analysis include avoiding the so-called reflection problem and ...
Assar Lindbeck   +2 more
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Sickness absence

Nursing Management, 2014
NHS Employers has launched a free online tool to improve the management of staff sick leave in the NHS. The tool is designed to help managers adopt a confident and consistent approach, and provides step-by-step information about what to do when staff call in sick, practical advice on some of the common reasons for sickness absence, and information on ...
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Sickness absence

Nursing Management, 2011
Staff sickness levels in the NHS vary dramatically across the country, but the Audit Commission says that by understanding and tackling the factors causing some of this variation the NHS can increase staff productivity, improve morale and save £290 million.
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Medicalization of sickness absence

Work, 2010
During the last decades, medical certificates have become the core administrative mechanism for a variety of redistributive policies within public administration. This article explores variations in sickness absence as a result of medicalization.The study focuses on the meaning of illness and work disability over time among physicians and the officials
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Firms' Moral Hazard in Sickness Absences [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
Sick workers in many countries receive sick pay during their illness-related absences from the workplace. In several countries, the social security system insures firms against their workers' sickness absences. However, this insurance may create moral hazard problems for firms, leading to the inefficient monitoring of absences or to an underinvestment ...
René Böheim, Thomas Leoni
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Sickness Absence

1973
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses three aspects of sickness absence: (1) the collection and storage of information, (2) various methods for analysis, and (3) the role of the occupational health service. The occupational physician who wishes to study the problem of sickness absence in his or her population is well advised to begin with ...
S.J. Pocock, P.J. Taylor
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