Return to work after medical rehabilitation in Germany: influence of individual factors and regional labour market based on administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The influence of both individual factors and, in particular, the regional labour market on the return to work after medical rehabilitation is to be analyzed based on comprehensive administrative data from the German Pension Insurance and Employment Agencies.

Method

For rehabilitation in 2016, pre- and post-rehabilitation employment was determined from German Pension Insurance data for 305,980 patients in 589 orthopaedic rehabilitation departments and 117,386 patients in 202 psychosomatic rehabilitation departments. Labour market data was linked to the district of residence and categorized into 257 labour market regions. RTW was operationalized as the number of employment days in the calendar year after medical rehabilitation. Predictors are individual data (socio-

SUBMITTER: Hetzel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9864500 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature