[Financial expenses incurred by herniated disk in health professionals].

Background: Long-term sick leave by illeness is cause of financial expences and worker's loss of productivity.

Objective: To evaluate the financial expense incurred by spinal disk herniation in health professionals.

Methods: 3000 health professionals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social work in Tecate, Tijuana and Rosarito, cities of Baja California, Mexico.