The indirect costs of arthritis resulting from unemployment, reduced performance, and occupational changes while at work

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-310

  Li, Xin ^a,d   Gignac, Monique A M ^b,c   Anis, Aslam H ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Costs; Employment; Lost productivity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAREER MOBILITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33645990338     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000204257.25875.04     Document Type: Article

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