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 |