title: [Study of absenteeism in hospital workers].
abstract: The sick leaves from hospital workers involved in health care or in administrative positions at a hospital center in Santiago were analyzed. Absenteeism was 3.59% for health personnel and 2.25% for administrative staff. Absenteeism was higher in females, 5.1 and 2.7% respectively, compared to figures below 2% for males. Work accidents and professional diseases cause 0.5% absenteeism. Prevalence of absent workers amounted to 11% in females and 7% in males (15.8% and 8.4% among health workers, 6.5% among administrative staff). The mean duration of sick leaves was 7.3 days, 2 days higher in females compared to males. Diagnosis underlying the sick leaves were not different between health workers and administrative staff.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gazmuri
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sandoval
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D002677:Chile; D004194:Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Estudio de ausentismo en trabajadores de un hospital.