ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY AND NHS SICKNESS ABSENCE RATES IN ENGLAND SHOW A LAGGED SERIES OF STEP-LIKE CHANGES

Rodney P. Jones

Keywords: sickness absence, all-cause mortality, national health service, England, lagged cycles, step-change

Step-like changes in both healthcare worker sickness absence and all-cause mortality in the wider population of England are shown to lag by around 8 months. Many other aspects of medical care are known to show the same step-like changes.