Mortality among the working age population receiving incapacity benefits in New Zealand, 1981-2004

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 568-575

  Shaw, Caroline ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Tobias, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adult; Disability insurance; Follow up studies; Mortality; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; CENSUSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80051785419     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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