Early part-time sick leave results in considerable savings in social security costs at national level: an analysis based on a quasi-experiment in Finland

• Main Authors: Eira Viikari-Juntura (Author), Taina Leinonen (Author), Lauri J Virta (Author), Ismo Hiljanen (Author), Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen (Author), Ilona Autti-Rämö (Author), Pekka Rissanen (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author), Svetlana Solovieva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVES: We analyzed social security costs based on an earlier quasi-experiment that compared work participation between partial sickness beneficiaries and a matched group of full sickness beneficiaries. METHODS: Utilizing a population-based 70% representative sample, 1878 persons with part-time...