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March 27, 2009 at 08:00 PM
About 17% of U.S. workers say they have missed work for an extended period due to illness or injury.
Researchers at CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia, have reported that finding in a summary of results from a telephone survey of 742 full-time U.S. workers ages 18 and older conducted in January and February.
About 20% of the workers who said they had missed work due to illness or injury said they were glad to have the time off to get better, but 58% said they have negative feelings about the experience, CIGNA reports.
