Prevalence of Sickness Absences in Consultant Clinic in Al- Husain Teaching Hospital and Their Impact on Infrastructures

Omran Hamza, Amir

	Prevalence of Sickness Absences in Consultant Clinic in Al- Husain Teaching Hospital and Their Impact on Infrastructures
Kerbala Journal of Medicine
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1489-1496 PDF (0 K)
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Amir Omran Hamza
Abstract
objectives: Study the prevalence of sickness absencesin consultant clinic of Hussien teaching hospital and their impact on infrastructures in private and public sectors in Karbala province. Setting: This study was carried out inconsultant clinic of Hessian teaching hospital. Methods: Study of sickness absences inconsultant clinic of surgical and medical cases in Hussien teaching hospital between (1/10/2010 to 30/9/2011) (excluding inpatients admission and sick absences of health centres and six hospitals) in Karbala province. It includes Private and public sectors, gender, number of sickness absences, annual actual work days, physicians attitude, common diagnosis, students. Results: The number of sickness absences is 6,266 (32% females, 68% males forming 51667 days .The actual work days 210-214 days. The majority of sick leaves are public sector Most of the sick leaves were short terms. Big number of sickness absences occupies specific days. The public sector occupied 97.82% of sickness absences while private sector 2.18%. Conclusion: The majority of sickness absences are public sector lead to negative impact on infrastructure especially in province where actual work days are less than 210-214 days/year. The extent of prescribing sickness absences not related to the diseases. Key words: sick absence, infrastructure
Keywords
sick absence; infrastructure

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