[Medical leave in hospital personnel].
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.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Licencias médicas en personal hospitalario.