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Workplace leave patterns among Victorian health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| Authors: | Sarah L. McGuinness Shannon Zhong Owen Eades Michael Di Donato Alex Collie Helen L. Kelsall Karin Leder for the COVIC-HA Study Collaborators |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 hospital workers workplace absence epidemiology |