Table 3

Decrease in likelihood of the 14 predictors of the duration of SA spells due to M54

Predictors	Loss of log-likelihood for the variable	P value	100×pseudo-R²
Employment status	1037	<0.001	0.46
Gross SA days in the 365 previous days before start of the SA spell	542	<0.001	0.24
Age	375	<0.001	0.17
SA extent at the start of the SA spell	350	<0.001	0.15
Multimorbidity *	108	<0.001	0.05
Geographical region	96	<0.001	0.04
The SA spell was initialised at primary healthcare	74	<0.001	0.03
Number of specialised outpatient care visits in the 365 previous days	68	<0.001	0.03
Country of birth	65	<0.001	0.03
Partial disability pension at start of SA spell	49	<0.001	0.02
Family status	47	0.004	0.02
Educational level	37	0.001	0.02
Sex	32	<0.001	0.01
Number of days spent in inpatient care in the 365 previous days	13	0.961	0.01

*Defined as at least three different types of medication (different ATC codes) at least once.
ATC, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical; SA, sickness absence.