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Table 2 The effect of reorganization on number of days of long-term sickness absence

From: Reorganization increases long-term sickness absence at all levels of hospital staff: panel data analysis of employees of Norwegian public hospitals

 

Change in number of days

Change in number of days

 

Random effects

Fixed effects

 

Coeff. IRR

95% CI

Coeff. IRR

95% CI

Education: Reference cat. Tertiary, lower degree

  

Primary

1.50***

1.35-1.67

·

·

Secondary

1.16*

1.04-1.29

·

·

Secondary health training

1.38***

1.26-1.52

·

·

Trained nurses

1.38***

1.28-1.49

·

·

Tertiary, higher degree

0.76**

0.63-0.91

·

·

Physicians

0.51***

0.45-0.58

·

·

Age

1.11***

1.09-1.12

1.14***

1.12-1.16

Male

0.42***

0.39-0.46

·

·

Reorganization (Low as reference)

   

Moderate

1.13***

1.06-1.20

1.09**

1.03-1.15

High

1.11**

1.05-1.18

1.08**

1.02-1.15

Constant

0.41**

0.25-0.68

·

·

N (Person-years)

106,715

31,324

N (persons)

68,630

15,662

  1. Note: Poisson regression. Incidence Rate Ratio shown with 95% confidence intervals using robust standard errors computed with vce(bootstrap). Significance probabilities (***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05).