Abstract
There are two different kinds of sickness absence in Norway: self-certified absence (SCA), and medically-certified absence (MCA). In this study of 6437 Norwegian employees, we applied logistic regr...
Highlights
It is reasonable to expect that when a person accepts a job he or she will attend it, but occasionally employees call in sick
In order to identify the characteristics of employees in the latent medically-certified absence (MCA) group, we compared them with all other employees across various characteristics (Table 2)
We noted that the proportion of female employees who worked part-time at large workplaces and/or in the health sector was higher in the latent MCA group than in the other MCA group
Summary
It is reasonable to expect that when a person accepts a job he or she will attend it, but occasionally employees call in sick. There are two different kinds of sickness absence in Norway, which exist to provide convalescence for employees during/after sickness or injury: self-certified absence (SCA), for which the diagnosis of illness is self-certified by employees without external confirmation; and medically-certified absence (MCA). The Norwegian social insurance act §§ 8–18, 8–19, and 8–23 to 8–26 provide employees the right to a maximum of 3 consecutive days of SCA four times per year, with at least 16 consecutive days between SCA periods. SCA is generally used for shorter absences due to things like the common cold, sick children, or other minor injuries or diseases. Because SCA is based on a self-diagnosis, it is possible that some SCA is based on factors other than acute illness or injury
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