Characteristics of individuals receiving disability benefits in the Netherlands and predictors of leaving the disability benefit scheme: a retrospective cohort study with five-year follow-up

Louwerse, Ilse; Huysmans, Maaike A.; van Rijssen, H. Jolanda; van der Beek, Allard J.; Anema, Johannes R.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5068-7

Table 10 Relation between continuing eligibility for disability benefit and socio-demographic characteristics, main diagnosis for work disability and comorbidity

From: Characteristics of individuals receiving disability benefits in the Netherlands and predictors of leaving the disability benefit scheme: a retrospective cohort study with five-year follow-up

Outflow of disability benefit^a	Independent variables	Coefficient	Standard error	Z statistic	p-value	Relative risk ratio
Outflow in 1st year	Intercept	-5.934	0.230	−25.78	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	−0.255	0.070	−3.64	0.000	0.78
	Age	0.042	0.004	10.36	0.000	1.04
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.057	0.099	0.58	0.564	1.06
	High	−0.024	0.133	−0.18	0.860	0.98
	Unknown	1.033	0.087	11.84	0.000	2.81
	Main diagnosis
	Mental	1.00 (ref)
	Musculoskeletal	−0.347	0.214	−1.62	0.105	0.71
	Nervous system	−0.925	0.249	−3.71	0.000	0.40
	Cardiovascular	−0.761	0.241	−3.15	0.002	0.47
	Cancer	1.351	0.213	6.33	0.000	3.86
	Other	−0.079	0.221	−0.17	0.864	0.96
	Comorbidity
	Single mental disorder	1.00 (ref)
	Multiple mental disorders	−0.302	0.211	−1.43	0.153	0.74
	Single physical disorder	0.876	0.242	3.62	0.000	2.10
	Multiple physical disorders	0.617	0.246	2.51	0.012	1.85
	Mental and physical	−0.066	0.184	−0.36	0.721	0.94
Outflow in 2nd or 3rd year	Intercept	−4.060	0.126	− 32.15	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	−0.079	0.043	−1.83	0.067	0.92
	Age	0.034	0.002	14.57	0.000	1.03
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.068	0.054	1.27	0.203	1.07
	High	0.088	0.070	1.25	0.210	1.09
	Unknown	0.204	0.063	3.21	0.001	1.22
	Main diagnosis
	Mental	1.00 (ref)
	Musculoskeletal	−0.114	0.108	−1.62	0.293	0.89
	Nervous system	−0.572	0.133	−4.32	0.000	0.56
	Cardiovascular	−0.098	0.122	−0.81	0.421	0.91
	Cancer	1.029	0.116	8.85	0.000	2.80
	Other	0.184	0.115	1.60	0.110	1.20
	Comorbidity
	Single mental disorder	1.00 (ref)
	Multiple mental disorders	−0.133	0.100	−1.32	0.186	0.88
	Single physical disorder	0.238	0.125	1.90	0.058	1.27
	Multiple physical disorders	0.171	0.127	1.35	0.178	1.19
	Mental and physical	−0.180	0.095	−1.89	0.880	0.84
Outflow in 4th or 5th year	Intercept	−6.879	0.170	−40.54	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	−0.048	0.046	−1.04	0.300	0.95
	Age	0.087	0.003	28.97	0.000	1.09
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.086	0.057	1.50	0.133	1.09
	High	0.103	0.073	1.42	0.157	1.11
	Unknown	−0.142	0.074	−1.92	0.055	0.87
	Main diagnosis
	Mental	1.00 (ref)
	Musculoskeletal	−0.254	0.112	−2.27	0.023	0.78
	Nervous system	−0.102	0.127	−0.80	0.422	0.90
	Cardiovascular	−0.035	0.122	−0.29	0.772	0.97
	Cancer	0.371	0.127	2.92	0.004	1.45
	Other	0.193	0.118	1.64	0.101	1.21
	Comorbidity
	Single mental disorder	1.00 (ref)
	Multiple mental disorders	0.073	0.117	0.62	0.535	1.08
	Single physical disorder	0.295	0.134	2.20	0.028	1.34
	Multiple physical disorders	0.195	0.135	1.44	0.150	1.21
	Mental and physical	−0.016	0.104	−0.15	0.880	0.98

^aReference category is continuing eligibility for disability benefit

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