The phrase "attributable to illness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining that something is caused by or linked to a health condition or disease.
Example: "The patient's prolonged absence from work was attributable to illness."
Alternatives: "due to illness" or "caused by illness".
In the basic model we incorporated the probable absenteeism of HCWs attributable to illness.
This degree of variation, which does not appear to be attributable to illness severity or disease characteristics, is generally viewed as a potential threat to overall quality of care.
Bandason et al. found an association between HIV status and being in the correct grade-for-age in primary school children in Harare, which was attributable to illness (Bandason et al., 2013).
This may be attributable to illness behaviour; symptom denial at the time of presentation for ART initiation may be more common in men and therefore higher rates of immune reconstitution TB may be expected in men.
This link is likely stronger for amenorrhea, as sexual disturbances in patients with schizophrenia are of multifactorial origin, and are therefore only in part attributable to illness- or medication-related prolactin levels [ 19, 20].
Overall in 2005, only a fifth of deaths attributable to "illnesses of affluence" (chronic conditions) actually took place in the most affluent nations.
Indirect causes account for 20 to 25% of maternal deaths and are attributable to illnesses aggravated by pregnancy [ 6] such as anemia, malaria and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS).
Further, there is a significant reduction in life expectancy evident already early in the illness course in adolescent patients attributable to medical illness, accidents, and suicide (Baethge and Cassidy 2013; Kessing et al. 2015a; b).
Chilvers says that although 23% of ill health is attributable to mental illness, 5.5% of research funding is on mental health.
One study in the United States found a high correlation between chronic illness and financial stress, with one quarter of bankruptcies attributable to chronic illness [ 35].
Yet, part of metabolic disturbances in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis may be attributable to critical illness per se, rather than to the presence of chronic liver disease.
