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Analyses were performed separately at each site, but according to a uniform study protocol. Adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRRs) during follow-up, 2020 and 2021, for 30 selected occupations were computed by Poisson regression using a reference population of mainly office workers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of COVID-19 related hospital admission was 2.02\/1000 person-years in Sk\u00e5ne (2443 admissions among 607,179 individuals) and 1.01\/1000 person-years in Denmark (4416 admissions among 2,451,542 individuals). The relative risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission was increased among healthcare and transportation workers in both countries (Sk\u00e5ne: IRR 1.38 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.18\u20131.60) and 1.33 (95% CI 1.08\u20131.78), respectively; Denmark: IRR 1.56 (95% CI 1.39\u20131.75) and 1.48 (95% CI 1.23\u20131.78), respectively). The relative risk for occupations within education, retail sales, and a broad group of service occupations were, with few exceptions, not increased in either country. There was no indication of higher relative risks in Sk\u00e5ne compared with Denmark\u2014if anything the opposite.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>The relative risk of COVID-19 in at-risk occupations was not higher in a country with relaxed lockdown compared with a country applying rigorous legal lockdown. However, higher absolute risk of infection in Sk\u00e5ne, Sweden might have attenuated occupational differences in hospital admissions.<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/14034948261466005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]],"date-time":"2026-10-08T12:18:41Z","timestamp":1791461921000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Occupational risk of incident COVID-19 related hospital admissions in two Nordic countries with relaxed and rigorous lockdown"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4908-9715","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jesse D.","family":"Thacher","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jens Peter Ellekilde","family":"Bonde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lars","family":"Rylander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6635-8182","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andreas","family":"Vilhelmsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kajsa U.","family":"Petersen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esben M.","family":"Flachs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christel","family":"Nielsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristina","family":"Jakobsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3193-205X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kerstin","family":"Nilsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, Kristianstad University, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2006-8558","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luise M.","family":"Begtrup","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hannah N.","family":"Frankel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7742-4360","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sandra S.","family":"T\u00f8ttenborg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital\u2013Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark"},{"name":"Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"van der Plaat DA Madan I Coggon D et al. 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