Table 3.
The effect of reorganization on sickness absence - education interaction effects
| Change in number of days | Change in number of days | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Random effects a | 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 | ||
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).
aGender and main effects for education were included in the random effects model.