The impact of diabetes on the labour force participation, savings and retirement income of workers aged 45-64 years in Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Schofield, Deborah ^a   Cunich, Michelle ^a   Kelly, Simon ^b   Passey, Megan E ^c   Shrestha, Rupendra ^a   Callander, Emily ^a   Tanton, Robert ^b   Veerman, Lennert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; COST OF LIVING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84923818598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116860     Document Type: Article

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