The impact of pain on labor force participation, absenteeism and presenteeism in the European Union

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 662-672

  Langley, Paul ^a   Mller Schwefe, Gerhard ^b   Nicolaou, Andrew ^c   Liedgens, Hiltrud ^d   Pergolizzi, Joseph ^e   Varrassi, Giustino ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Schmerz und Palliativzentrum   (Germany)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Labor force; Pain; Presenteeism; Severity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERNET; ITALY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESENTEEISM; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE DATABASE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PAIN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650039521     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2010.529379     Document Type: Article

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