The long-term economic impacts of arthritis through lost productive life years: results from an Australian microsimulation model

• Main Authors: Deborah Schofield (Author), Michelle Cunich (Author), Rupendra N. Shrestha (Author), Robert Tanton (Author), Lennert Veerman (Author), Simon Kelly (Author), Megan E. Passey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background While the direct (medical) costs of arthritis are regularly reported in cost of illness studies, the 'true' cost to indivdiuals and goverment requires the calculation of the indirect costs as well including lost productivity due to ill-health. Methods Respondents aged 4...