Predicting the duration of sickness absence due to knee osteoarthritis: a prognostic model developed in a population-based cohort in Sweden

Abstract Background Predicting the duration of sickness absence (SA) among sickness absent patients is a task many sickness certifying physicians as well as social insurance officers struggle with. Our aim was to develop a prediction model for prognosticating the duration of SA due to knee osteoarth...

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Main Authors: Johanna Holm, Paolo Frumento, Gino Almondo, Katalin Gémes, Matteo Bottai, Kristina Alexanderson, Emilie Friberg, Kristin Farrants
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04400-8