European journal of public health
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Eur J Public Health · Jun 2008
Risk factors for disability pension in a population-based cohort of men and women on long-term sick leave in Sweden.
Knowledge on predictors of disability pension is very limited. The aim was to assess the importance of sick-leave diagnosis and socio-demographic variables as risk factors for disability pension among individuals on long-term sickness absence and to compare these factors by gender and over time. ⋯ Besides socio-demographic risk factors, the sick-leave diagnoses constitute an important both medium and long-term predictor of disability pension among both men and women on long-term sickness absence.