Workplace leave patterns among Victorian health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah L. McGuinness; Shannon Zhong; Owen Eades; Michael Di Donato; Alex Collie; Helen L. Kelsall; Karin Leder; for the COVIC-HA Study Collaborators

doi:10.1111/imj.16238

Workplace leave patterns among Victorian health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sarah L. McGuinness (Leading Author), Shannon Zhong (Leading Author), Owen Eades, Michael Di Donato, Alex Collie, Helen L. Kelsall, Karin Leder (Leading Author), for the COVIC-HA Study Collaborators

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Abstract

We analysed aggregate work absences during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from two Victorian hospital sites and corresponding individual-level survey data to understand changes in the rates and types of workplace absence. We found changing reasons for workplace absences as the pandemic progressed and observed higher rates of annual and sick leave during the months coinciding with increased COVID-19 cases and workforce burnout.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1896-1900
Number of pages	5
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	53
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16238
Publication status	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

COVID-19
epidemiology
hospital workers
workplace absence

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Workplace leave patterns among Victorian health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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