Seasonal patterns of long sickness absence due to 411 diagnostic groups: a nationwide register-based study in Finland during 2020–2023
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Published online on August 11, 2025
Abstract
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Ahead of Print.
Aim:Seasonal patterns in sickness absence (SA) are little studied but crucially important to understand in order to design preventative measures and allocate resources. We aimed to identify seasonal patterns in long-term SA, that is, absences longer than ...
Aim:Seasonal patterns in sickness absence (SA) are little studied but crucially important to understand in order to design preventative measures and allocate resources. We aimed to identify seasonal patterns in long-term SA, that is, absences longer than ...