Sick Leave

"Sick Leave" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)

Descriptor ID

D018582

MeSH Number(s)

N01.824.417.700.662

N04.452.677.800.662

Concept/Terms

Sick Leave

Disability Leave

Sick Days

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sick Leave".

Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Income [N01.824.417]
Salaries and Fringe Benefits [N01.824.417.700]
Sick Leave [N01.824.417.700.662]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Personnel Management [N04.452.677]
Salaries and Fringe Benefits [N04.452.677.800]
Sick Leave [N04.452.677.800.662]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sick Leave".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sick Leave".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sick Leave" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Sick Leave" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 93 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	1	4	5
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	2	3
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	1	2
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	2	4
2007	5	1	6
2008	0	2	2
2009	2	1	3
2010	1	2	3
2011	3	3	6
2012	3	6	9
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	3	2	5
2017	2	3	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	4	3	7
2020	6	4	10
2021	4	2	6
2022	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sick Leave" by people in Profiles.

The impact of state paid sick leave policies on weekday workplace mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health. 2023 Feb; 215:118-123.

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State Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Associated With A Decline In Emergency Department Use In The US, 2011-19. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 08; 41(8):1169-1175.

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Medical Specialty Board Parental, Caregiver, and Medical Leave Policy Updates After 2021 American Board of Medical Specialties Mandate. JAMA. 2021 11 09; 326(18):1867-1870.

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Paid sick leave benefits among essential frontline workers serving people experiencing homelessness in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health. 2021 Jun; 195:142-144.

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Differences in time to return to work among patients undergoing simultaneous versus staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J. 2021 Jun; 103-B(6 Supple A):108-112.

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Family and Medical Leave for Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, and Radiation Oncology Residents in the United States: A Policy Opportunity. Radiology. 2021 07; 300(1):31-35.

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Community Health Workers in Home Visits and Asthma Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2021 04; 147(4).

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Clinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission. Ann Intern Med. 2021 06; 174(6):803-810.

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COVID-19-related absence among surgeons: development of an international surgical workforce prediction model. BJS Open. 2021 03 05; 5(2).

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Illness-Related Work Absence in Mid-April Was Highest on Record. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 12 01; 180(12):1699-1701.

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