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Table 3 The effect of reorganization on sickness absence - education interaction effects

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 effectsa

Fixed effects

 

Coeff. IRR

CI

Coeff. IRR

CI

Age

1.10***

1.09-1.12

1.14

1.12-1.16

Reorganization (low degree as reference)

  

Moderate (Tertiary, lower)

1.15

0.98-1.34

1.11

0.95-1.29

High (Tertiary, lower)

1.01

0.86-1.19

0.99

0.85-1.16

Primary × moderate

0.85

0.68-1.07

0.85

0.67-1.08

Primary × high

1.13

0.88-1.45

1.12

0.87-1.43

Secondary × moderate

1.01

0.83-1.23

1.01

0.82-1.25

Secondary × high

1.13

0.92-1.39

1.13

0.91-1.39

Secondary health training × moderate

0.99

0.80-1.22

0.99

0.82-1.20

Secondary health training × high

0.99

0.80-1.22

0.99

0.80-1.21

Trained nurses × moderate

1.01

0.85-1.19

1.01

0.85-1.20

Trained nurses × high

1.12

0.93-1.35

1.12

0.94-1.34

Tertiary, higher degree × moderate

0.96

0.57-1.63

0.96

0.59-1.56

Tertiary, higher degree × high

1.41

0.78-2.56

1.40

0.81-2.45

Physicians × moderate

1.08

0.78-1.50

1.07

0.78-1.46

Physicians × high

1.51*

1.05-2.19

1.50*

1.05-2.14

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 < .05).
  2. aGender and main effects for education were included in the random effects model.