Annual incremental health benefit costs and absenteeism among employees with and without rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-244

  Kleinman, Nathan ^a   Cifaldi, Mary ^b   Smeeding, James ^c   Shaw, James ^b   Brook, Richard ^d  

^a Human Capital Management Services   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c JestaRx Group   (United States)

^d Retrospective Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84875144153     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318282d310     Document Type: Article

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