Utilisation of rehabilitation services for non-migrant and migrant groups of higher working age in Germany - results of the lidA cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:An ageing and a shrinking labour force implies that the prevention of a premature exit from work due to poor health will become more relevant in the future. Medical rehabilitation is a health service that aims at active participation in working life. The provision of this service will be relevant for an increasing part of the ageing labour force, namely, employees with a migrant background and their different subgroups. Thus, this study examines whether first- and second-generation employees with migrant background differ from non-migrants in their utilisation of rehabilitation services and whether within the subsample of migrant employees, those persons with foreign nationality differ from those with German nationality. METHODS:Socially insured employees born in 1959 or 1965 we

SUBMITTER: Schroder CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature