Use of Health Services and Rehabilitation before and after the Beginning of Long-Term Sickness Absence-Comparing the Use by Employment and Disability Pension Transition after the Sickness Absence in Finland.

ABSTRACT: The objective of the study was to follow the health care and rehabilitation use before, during and after long-term sickness absence (LTSA), and to compare the use by post-LTSA labour market situation in terms of disability pension and employment. Individuals aged 18-58 with a ≥30-day LTSA spell in 2015 (N = 2427) were included from the total population of the city of Oulu, Finland. Register data included LTSA spells, outpatient health care visits, inpatient care spells and rehabilitation spells, disability pensions (DP), employment dates, and demographic, socioeconomic and disability-related covariates. The study population was followed for one year before, and three years after the start of LTSA. Negative binomial regression models were utilized to examine covariate-adjusted use of

SUBMITTER: Perhoniemi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature