The personal and national costs of lost labour force participation due to arthritis: An economic study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schofield, Deborah J ^a,b   Shrestha, Rupendra N ^a   Percival, Richard ^c   Passey, Megan E ^a   Callander, Emily J ^a,b   Kelly, Simon J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Economic impacts; GDP; Income; Retirement; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874397102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-188     Document Type: Article

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