The predictive role of sickness absence spell durations in associations with inpatient- and specialized outpatient care among a population-based Swedish twin sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The associations between a sickness absence spell duration and patient care have been rarely studied. An assumption is that associations would differ by spell duration and by the patient care type, inpatient- or specialized outpatient, due to severity of diseases and/or conditions. We aimed to investigate sickness absence spells in various spell durations as a predictor for subsequent inpatient- and specialized outpatient care separately, and to study if familial confounding plays a role in these associations.

Methods

We followed a population-based sample of Swedish twins born 1925-90 with national registers from 2001 for first incident sickness absence spell (days to calculate spell duration categorized into ≤30 days, 31-90 days, 91-180 days and ≥ 181 days), or n

SUBMITTER: Ropponen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature