Household income and earnings losses among 6,396 persons with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1875-1883

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,f   Michaud, Kaleb ^b   Choi, Hyon K ^c,d   Williams, Rhys ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^f ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Household income; Indirect costs; Productivity; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26444433296     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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