title: [Medical leave in hospital personnel].
abstract: We investigated medical leaves of personnel at Temuco's hospital from 1986 to 1987. 57% of persons had at least one leave and 54% of these had 2 or more leaves. Women and paramedicals had more medical leaves. Most absences occurred in june, july, august (p less than 0.01). Most leaves were caused by respiratory diseases (26%) with absence periods from 1 to 6 days. Infectious and parasitic diseases caused absences ranging from 1 to 42 days. Better health policies may help decrease this rather high absenteeism due to disease.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baechler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits
vernacular_title: Licencias médicas en personal hospitalario.