Measuring productivity loss days in asthma patients

Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Ungar, Wendy J ^a,b   Coyte, Peter C ^a   Borden, E Keith ^c   Gaebel, Kathryn A ^c   Goldsmith, Charles H ^c   Levine, Mitchell A H ^c   Willison, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Indirect costs; Productivity loss; Restricted days

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033953624     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(200001)9:1<37::AID-HEC483>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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