Department of Management Engineering, The Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Scand J Public Health. 2013 Feb;41(1):18-24. doi: 10.1177/1403494812468518. Epub 2012 Dec 3.
The aim of the present study was to investigate absence from work in Denmark due to occupational and non-occupational accidents.
Since the beginning of the last decade, political focus has been placed on the population's working capacity and the scope of absence due to illness. Absence from work is estimated at between 3% and 6% of working hours in the EU and costs are estimated at approximately 2.5% of GNP.
Victims of accidents treated at two emergency departments were interviewed regarding absence for the injured, the family and others. All answers were linked to the hospital information on the injury, so that it was possible to examine the relation between absence and injury type, and cause of the accident.
In total, 1,479 injured persons were interviewed. 36% of these reported absence from work by themselves or others. In mean, an injury caused 3.21 days of absence. Based on this the total absence due to injuries in Denmark was estimated to 1,822,000 workdays, corresponding to approximately 6% of the total absence from work due to all types of illness. Non-occupational injuries resulted in more absence than did occupational injuries.
Absence due to accidents contributed to a considerable part of the total absence from work, and non-occupational accidents caused more absence than did occupational accidents.
本研究旨在调查丹麦因职业和非职业事故导致的缺勤情况。
自上一个十年初以来，政治重点一直放在人口的工作能力和因病缺勤的范围上。欧盟的缺勤率估计在工作时间的 3%至 6%之间，成本估计约占国民生产总值的 2.5%。
在两家急诊部接受治疗的事故受害者接受了有关受伤者、家属和其他人缺勤情况的访谈。所有答案都与医院的受伤信息相关联，因此可以检查缺勤与受伤类型和事故原因之间的关系。
共采访了 1479 名受伤者。其中 36%的人报告自己或他人缺勤。平均而言，一次受伤导致 3.21 天的缺勤。据此，丹麦因受伤导致的总缺勤估计为 1822000 个工作日，约占所有类型疾病缺勤总天数的 6%。非职业性伤害导致的缺勤比职业性伤害导致的缺勤更多。
事故导致的缺勤占总缺勤的相当大一部分，非职业性事故导致的缺勤比职业性事故导致的缺勤更多。
