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Table 5 Robustness tests

From: Return to work after medical rehabilitation in Germany: influence of individual factors and regional labour market based on administrative data

Outcome in calendar year

Method

Sample

Orthopaedics

Psychosomatics

   

AME for unemployment rate

AME for unemployment rate

   

M1

M2

M3

M1

M2

M3

RTW no/yes 1st

Linear regressiona

Allb

− 2.8

− 2.7

0.1

− 1.6

− 1.9

− 0.2

RTW days 2nd

FLR

Allb

− 2.7

− 2.4

− 0.4

− 1.9

− 1.8

0.0

RTW days 1st

FLR

Subgroup back pain (n = 76,289)

− 3.9

− 3.4

− 0.5

na

na

na

  

Subgroup endoprosthesis (n = 46,691)

− 3.5

− 1.6

− 0.2

na

na

na

  

Subgroup depression (n = 66,945)

na

na

na

− 2.0

− 2.2

− 0.1

RTW days 1st

FLR

Added predictors M3: employment status in the 6th, 12th and 24th month before

na

na

− 0.2

na

na

0.0

  1. Models (M) 1, 2 and 3 adjusted for the same predictors as before; RTW  return to work, AME  average marginal effects (in days); adichotomized with cut off 183 days; borthopaedics n = 305,980, psychosomatics n = 117,386