Do different types of financial support after illness or injury affect socio-economic outcomes? A natural experiment in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-102

  McAllister, Susan ^a   Derrett, Sarah ^a   Audas, Rick ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benefit; Compensation; Economic; Injury; New Zealand; Stroke; Work

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; INCOME; INJURY; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STROKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84876164894     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.041     Document Type: Article

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