Presentation
I study work incapacity in the Finnish population, focusing on prevalence, temporal changes, and differences between different population groups and regions. For example, an understanding of the connections of work capacity to unemployment and socioeconomic status is essential in promoting equality.
I have previously studied, among other things, wellbeing at work, careers, gambling, and integration of Finns.
Expertise
- work ability
- sickness allowance
- disability pension
- wellbeing at work
Research projects
- Disability benefits and socioeconomic status 2010-2023
- Changes in Work Disability in the 2000s
- Use and Costs of Social and Health Services and Social Security Benefits in Oulu, 2013–2018
- Sickness Allowance as Part of the Healthcare and Social Welfare System
- Checkpoints for Sickness Allowance Periods: Implementation of Rehabilitation and Return to Work
- Differences and Trends in Sickness Absences by Population Group
Selected publications
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2023). Unemployed and disabled for work: identifying 3-year labour market pathways from the beginning of a sickness absence using sequence and cluster analyses in a register-based longitudinal study in Finland. BMJ open 1;13(12):e076435. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076435
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2023). Identifying labour market pathways after a 30-day-long sickness absence–a three-year sequence analysis study in Finland. BMC Public Health Dec;23(1):1-2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15895-2
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J (2022). Use of Health Services and Rehabilitation before and after the Beginning of Long-Term Sickness Absence—Comparing the Use by Employment and Disability Pension Transition after the Sickness Absence in Finland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;19(9):4990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19094990
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J (2022). Outpatient healthcare use before and during a long-term sickness absence spell: a register-based follow-up study comparing healthcare use by the length of sickness absence and transition to disability pension in Finland. BMJ open 1;12(2):e053948. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053948
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Jäppinen S (2022). Pitkien sairauspoissaolojen kehitys maakunnittain 2010−2019. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 1/2022. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022021519152
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J (2021). Frequent attenders of three outpatient health care schemes in Finland: characteristics and association with long-term sickness absences, 2016–2018. BMC Public Health;21(1):1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10866-x
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2021). Mitä sairauspäivärahan enimmäisajan täytyttyä? Toimeentulon lähteet kahden vuoden seurannassa. Sosiaalilääketieteellinen aikakauslehti 2021: 58: 16–30. https://doi.org/10.23990/sa.89604
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2020). Työkyvyttömyyseläkehakemusten ja hylkäysosuuksien maakunnalliset erot. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 1/2020. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202002115167
- Perhoniemi, Riku, Blomgren, Jenni, Jäppinen, Sauli, Virta, Lauri (2020). Sairauspäivärahojen kustannukset maakunnittain vuonna 2019. Kelan työpapereita 155/2020. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020062645813
- Perhoniemi R, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2021). Consumption of psychotropic drugs among disability pension applicants with mental disorders: comparing awarded and rejected applicants in Finland. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 56(3):437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01850-8
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2020). Determinants of disability pension applications and awarded disability pensions in Finland, 2009 and 2014. Scandinavian journal of public health. 2020 Mar;48(2):172-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819843778
- Perhoniemi R, Blomgren J, Laaksonen M (2020). Sources of income following a rejected disability pension application: a sequence analysis study. Disability and rehabilitation. 2020 Jul 16;42(15):2161-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1555619
- Perhoniemi, R, Blomgren J & Laaksonen M. (2018). Mitä hylkäävän työkyvyttömyyseläkepäätöksen jälkeen? Työttömyys-, sairauspäiväraha- ja kuntoutusrahaetuudet sekä uudet eläkepäätökset neljän vuoden seurannassa. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 83, 117–131. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201804196717
- Perhoniemi R, Lundell K, Sohlman P, Heino S & Pekkarinen L (2015). Työkyvyttömyyseläkkeen hylkäävät päätökset julkisella sektorilla – tutkimus hylkäävän päätöksen 2009-2013 saaneista. Kevan tutkimuksia 2/2015.
Publications and research projects
Long-Term Sickness Absences Based on Mental Disorders by Socioeconomic Group – Trends of Prevalence in Finland 2010–2023
This study examines the trends in prevalence of LTSA based on mental disorders in various socioeconomic groups both employed and outside employment.
Occupational-Class Trends in Diagnosis-Specific Sickness Absence in Finland: A Register-Based Observational Study in 2011–2021
Occupational-class differences should be taken into account when aiming to prevent long-term sickness absence.
Municipality-Level Differences in Disability Retirement in Finland: The Contribution of Local Social Characteristics
This study examined whether individual-level and municipality-level characteristics explain differences in disability retirement and which municipality-level characteristics are particularly important for the risk of disability retirement.
Disability benefits and socioeconomic status 2010-2023
The project examines the development of the prevalence of sickness benefit across socio-economic groups. A special focus is on mental health-related absences.
Unemployed and Disabled for Work: Identifying 3-Year Labour Market Pathways From the Beginning of a Sickness Absence Using Sequence and Cluster Analyses in a Register-Based Longitudinal Study in Finland
Unemployed persons starting an SA are a heterogeneous group, with different labour market pathways.
Identifying User Profiles of Healthcare, Social and Employment Services in a Working-Age Population: A Cluster Analysis With Linked Individual-Level Register Data From Finland
This explorative study aimed to find distinct user profiles in a working-age population based on individuals' annual use of healthcare, social and employment services and to explore socio-demographic and morbidity-related predictors of the user groups.
Checkpoints for Sickness Allowance Periods: Implementation of Rehabilitation and Return to Work
This study provides new insight into participation in rehabilitation, return to work, and other labour market statuses among individuals who received sickness allowance for 60, 90, 150, or 230 days.
Impact of a Finnish Reform Adding New Sickness Absence Checkpoints on Rehabilitation and Labor Market Outcomes: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
The introduction of new sickness absence checkpoints was associated with an increase in participation in rehabilitation but did not affect labor market outcomes one year later.
Identifying Labour Market Pathways After a 30-Day-Long Sickness Absence - a Three-Year Sequence Analysis Study in Finland
The goal of this study was to follow employment, unemployment, sickness absence, rehabilitation, and disability pension spells using sequence analysis among all-cause LTSA absentees.
Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation on the Use of Health Care Services in Finland: A Propensity Score Analysis
Vocational rehabilitation may affect the frequency of health care use by improving the access or reducing the need for health care.
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