USING STATISTICS OF THE SOCIAL INSURANCE FUND OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A MEANS OF STUDYING SICKNESS ABSENCE
The primary objective of the paper was to demonstrate the possibility of using the Social Insurance Fund statistical form 4-FSS for assessment of sickness absence in different organizations and occupational fields as compared to the annual state statistical sickness absence surveillance form (16-VN). Analysis of sickness absence levels among health care workers of Orenburg region in rural and urban medical organizations with different staff numbers presented as an example.