Job loss is bad for your health - Swedish evidence on cause-specific hospitalization following involuntary job loss

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1396-1406

  Eliason, Marcus ^a,b   Storrie, Donald ^c  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Displaced workers; Hospital admission; Ill health; Plant closure; Sweden; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; JOB SEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 63149126098     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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