Sickness absence in the private sector of Greece

dc.contributor.author	Αλεξόπουλος, Ευάγγελος Κ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Μερεκούλιας, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Τανάγρα, Δήμητρα	el
dc.contributor.author	Κωνσταντίνου, Ελένη Κ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Μικελάτου, Έφη	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-06T10:09:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-06T10:09:31Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15274
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph	en
dc.subject	Sickness absence
dc.subject	Sick leave
dc.subject	Occupational health
dc.subject	Social insurance
dc.subject	Employment
dc.subject	Compensation
dc.subject	Shipyard
dc.subject	Industry
dc.subject	Greece
dc.subject	Απουσία λόγω ασθενείας
dc.subject	Αναρρωτική άδεια
dc.subject	Υγεία στο χώρο εργασίας
dc.subject	Κοινωνική ασφάλιση
dc.subject	Εργασία
dc.subject	Αποζημίωση
dc.subject	Ναυπηγεία
dc.subject	Βιομηχανία
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.title	Sickness absence in the private sector of Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	comparing shipyard industry and national insurance data	en
heal.classification	Sociology
heal.classification	Public health
heal.classification	Κοινωνιολογία
heal.classification	Δημόσια υγεία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Κοινωνιολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Δημόσια υγεία
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heal.keywordURI	http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/17184-0
heal.contributorName	Γελαστοπούλου, Ελένη	el
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041171
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Δημόσιας Υγείας και Κοινοτικής Υγείας. Κατεύθυνση Δημόσιας Υγείας (Δημόσιας Υγιεινής)	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-04
heal.bibliographicCitation	Alexopoulos, E., Merekoulias, G., Tanagra, D., Konstantinou, E., Mikelatou, E., et al. (2012) Sickness absence in the private sector of Greece: comparing shipyard industry and national insurance data. "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health", 9 (4), p. 1171-1181. Available from: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/4/1171 [Accessed: 06/06/2015].	en
heal.abstract	Approximately 3% of employees are absent from work due to illness daily in Europe, while in some countries sickness absence exceeds 20 days per year. Based on a limited body of reliable studies, Greek employees in the private sector seem to be absent far less frequently (<5 days/year) compared to most of the industrialized world. The aim of this study was to estimate the levels of sickness absence in the private sector in Greece, using shipyard and national insurance data. Detailed data on absenteeism of employees in a large shipyard company during the period 1999-2006 were utilized. National data on compensated days due to sickness absence concerning all employees (around 2 million) insured by the Social Insurance Institute (IKA, the largest insurance scheme in Greece) were retrieved from the Institute's annual statistical reports for the period 1987-2006. Sick-leave days per employee and sick-leave rate (%) were calculated, among other indicators. In the shipyard cohort, the employment time loss due to sick leave was 1%. The mean number of sick-leave days per employee in shipyards ranged between 4.6 and 8.7 and sick-leave rate (sickness absenteeism rate) varied among 2% and 3.7%. The corresponding indicators for IKA were estimated between 5 and 6.3 sick-leave days per insured employee (median 5.8), and 2.14-2.72% (median 2.49%), respectively. Short sick-leave spells (<4 days) may account at least for the 25% of the total number of sick-leave days, currently not recorded in national statistics. The level of sickness absence in the private sector in Greece was found to be higher than the suggested by previous reports and international comparative studies, but still remains one of the lowest in the industrialized world. In the 20-years national data, the results also showed a 7-year wave in sickness absence indexes (a decrease during the period 1991-1997 and an increase in 1998-2004) combined with a small yet significant decline as a general trend. These observations deserve detailed monitoring and could only partly be attributed to the compensation and unemployment rates in Greece so other possible reasons should be explored.	en
heal.publisher	Tchounwou, Paul B.	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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