Do workers underreport morbidity? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1589-1594

  Datta Gupta, Nabanita ^a   Jürges, Hendrik ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denmark; Labor force status; Survey register record linkage; Underreporting of morbidity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LABOR MARKET; MORBIDITY;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

EID: 84865630646     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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