Open AccessAge-, sex-, and diagnosis-specific incidence rate of medically certified long-term sick leave among private sector employees: The Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health (J-ECOH) study
Author(s) -
Chihiro Nishiura,
Akiko Nanri,
Ikuko Kashino,
Akihiro Hori,
Chihiro Kinugawa,
Motoki Endo,
Noritada Kato,
Aki Tomizawa,
Akihiko Uehara,
Makoto Yamamoto,
Tohru Nakagawa,
S. Yamamoto,
Takeshi Honda,
Toshio Imai,
Akiko Okino,
Toshiaki Miyamoto,
Nozomu Sasaki,
Kentaro Tomita,
Satsue Nagahama,
Takeshi Kochi,
M. Eguchi,
Hiroko Okazaki,
Taizo Murakami,
Chii Shimizu,
Makiko Shimizu,
Isamu Kabe,
Tetsuya Mizoue,
Toshio Sone,
Seitaro Dohi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2017.01.003
Subject(s) - medicine , sick leave , epidemiology , certification , incidence (geometry) , term (time) , environmental health , family medicine , gerontology , demography , physical therapy , optics , physics , sociology , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Long-term sick-leave is a major public health problem, but data on its incidence in Japan are scarce. We aimed to present reference data for long-term sick-leave among private sector employees in Japan.