Productivity loss due to presenteeism among patients with arthritis: Estimates from 4 instruments

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1805-1814

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Gignac, Monique A M ^b   Beaton, Dorcas ^b,c   Tang, Kenneth ^c   Anis, Aslam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Economics; Employment; Presenteeism; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH AND LABOR QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH AND WORK PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESENTEEISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK LIMITATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK PRODUCTIVITY AND ACTIVITY IMPAIRMENT QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTHRITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 77956492791     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100123     Document Type: Article

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