Does health insurance reduce illness-related worker absenteeism?
Xu X, Jensen G. Does health insurance reduce illness-related worker absenteeism? Applied Economics 2012, 44: 4591-4603. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.593498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIllness-related absenteeismHealth insuranceWork daysPoorer baseline healthBinary logistic regressionLonger hospitalizationBaseline healthLong-term effectsWorker absenteeismLogistic regressionNumber of daysTerm effectsIllnessRetirement StudyUninsured workersDaysRepresentative sampleAbsenteeismNew diseaseHealthInsuranceOlder workersHospitalizationStrong evidenceWorkers