Work disability and state benefit claims in early rheumatoid arthritis: The ERAN cohort

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 473-481

  McWilliams, Daniel F ^a   Varughese, Sneha ^b   Young, Adam ^c   Kiely, Patrick D ^d   Walsh, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Rheumatoid arthritis; Social security; Work disability

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; IRELAND; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894320240     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket373     Document Type: Article

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