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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-7107</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad y Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Univ. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-7107</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Nariño]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0124-71072022000300218</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22267/rus.222403.276</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Licencia por enfermedad en Colombia en el período 2016-2018: Estudio observacional transversal retrospectivo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sick Leave in Colombia in the 2016-2018 period: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Observational Study]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valero-Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ivonne Constanza]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Riaño-Casallas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcia-Bedoya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olmer]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodriguez-Páez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fredy Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardona Medina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabián]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Téllez-Avila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eliana Milena]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palma-Parra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ruth Marien]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogota ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Faculty of Economic Sciences ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Association of Integral Medicine Companies (ACEMI)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,National Health Institute (NHI)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>218</fpage>
<lpage>226</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-71072022000300218&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-71072022000300218&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-71072022000300218&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: To understand the sick leave situation and the causes and effects of a temporary loss of capacity to work allows for the strengthening of policies and management in the provision of health services.  Objective: To analyze sick leave in Colombia in the 2016-2018 period.  Materials and methods: A retrospective cross-sectional observational study and the relative risk was calculated. Sick leave reports were provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 12,410,837 reports from formal workers between the ages of 18-70 years and had at least one temporary disability were processed.  Results: The average age of people with sick leave was 37.11 years, 53% corresponding to females. On average, sick leave was 90.6% and 5.6% for dependent and independent workers, respectively. The principal causes of disability were musculoskeletal diseases and were more likely in men and adults according to RR. Men in comparison to females and adults in comparison to youths are less likely to have sick leave due to respiratory disease.  Conclusions: In Colombia, females presented more temporary sick leave, even if males had more days of disability, even though the median was three days in both genders. Youth and adults had more sick leave days.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: Comprender la situación de incapacidad por enfermedad, causas y efectos de una pérdida temporal de la capacidad de trabajo fortalece las políticas y la gestión en la prestación de servicios de salud.  Objetivo: Analizar las incapacidades por enfermedad en Colombia en el período 2016-2018.  Materiales y métodos: Estudio observacional transversal retrospectivo, con cálculo del riesgo relativo. Se procesaron 12.410.837 registros de trabajadores formales entre 18 y 70 años de edad y con al menos una incapacidad temporal, según los informes del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social.  Resultados: La edad promedio de las personas fue de 37,11 años, 53% fueron mujeres. En promedio, el 90,6% de las incapacidades fue para trabajadores dependientes y el 5,6% trabajadores independientes. Las principales causas de incapacidad fueron las enfermedades del sistema musculoesquelético más frecuentes en hombres adultos según RR. Los hombres en comparación con las mujeres y los adultos en comparación con los jóvenes tienen menos probabilidades de tener licencia por enfermedad respiratoria.  Conclusiones: Las mujeres presentaron más incapacidades temporales por enfermedad, aunque los hombres tuvieron más días de incapacidad, la mediana fue de tres días en ambos géneros. Los jóvenes y los adultos tenían más días de baja por enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sickness absence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sick leave]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disability insurance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[delivery of health care]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[public health surveillance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ausencia por enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[baja laboral por enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[absentismo por enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[licencia por enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[días de baja por enfermedad]]></kwd>
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<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Factors associated with the labour absenteeism by medical reason in an university institution]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Rev Fac Nac Salud Pública]]></source>
<year>2007</year>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
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