All participants were not able to participate in the last interview for work related reasons.
During the study, more trainees reported being unable to assist in emergencies due to work or travel related reasons suggesting that trainee selection was not ideal or that opportunity costs prohibited our trainees from responding to emergencies.
The most common personal reasons were participants' change of mind for work or home related reasons, concerns about surgery, a wish to avoid preoperative tests, and improved symptoms.
In contrast, individuals who reported being able to take time off work for health related reasons reported somewhat better experiences of care.
Most of the others changed their minds about having surgery for a variety of work or home related reasons, because of worries about having surgery (after a fuller discussion with the surgeon), because of a wish to avoid unpleasant preoperative tests, or because their symptoms had improved.
Table 1 shows the baseline (1988 1994) distribution of the full sample as compared to our restricted analytic sample of NHANES III participants without missing data who did not retire early or change jobs or go to part time work because of health related reasons.
The duration and type of sickness absence episodes (self-declared or doctor-certified) were not recorded in this survey, neither were the reasons for sickness absence, nor whether the reasons were work related.
It may be business related, work related, church or socially related, but whatever the reason, be sure it's not tinged with regret for "what could have been" or involve any faint hope of rekindling something more than friendship.
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Since the legislation does not accept social or labour market related reasons for granting sickness benefits, it is essential to recognise both medical and social reasons for the inability to work [ 23- 26].
