The global impact of non-communicable diseases on macro-economic productivity: a systematic review

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 357-395

  Chaker, Layal ^a   Falla, Abby ^a,b   van der Lee, Sven J ^a   Muka, Taulant ^a   Imo, David ^a   Jaspers, Loes ^a   Colpani, Veronica ^a   Mendis, Shanthi ^c   Chowdhury, Rajiv ^d   Bramer, Wichor M ^a   Pazoki, Raha ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Noncommunicable diseases; Productivity; Return to work absenteeism; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AFRICA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CANCER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LEAVE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 84930476258     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0026-5     Document Type: Review

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