Diagnosis-specific Cumulative Incidence of Return-to-work, Resignation, and Death Among Long-term Sick-listed Employees: Findings From the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study

Background: While it is essential to understand how long is sufficient for return-to-work when designing paid sick-leave systems, little attempt has been done to collect cause-specific information on when and how many of sickness absentees returned to work, became unemployed, or passed away. Methods...

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Main Authors: Chihiro Nishiura, Yosuke Inoue, Ikuko Kashino, Akiko Nanri, Motoki Endo, Masafumi Eguchi, Takeshi Kochi, Noritada Kato, Makiko Shimizu, Teppei Imai, Akiko Nishihara, Makoto Yamamoto, Hiroko Okazaki, Kentaro Tomita, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Tohru Nakagawa, Toru Honda, Takayuki Ogasawara, Naoko Sasaki, Ai Hori, Isamu Kabe, Tetsuya Mizoue, Seitaro Dohi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/32/9/32_JE20200541/_pdf