Survival rates and worker compensation expenses in a national cohort of Mexican workers with permanent occupational disability caused by diabetes

• Main Authors: Iván de Jesús Ascencio-Montiel (Author), Jesús Kumate-Rodríguez (Author), Víctor Hugo Borja-Aburto (Author), José Esteban Fernández-Garate (Author), Selene Konik-Comonfort (Author), Oliver Macías-Pérez (Author), Ángel Campos-Hernández (Author), Héctor Rodríguez-Vázquez (Author), Verónica Miriam López-Roldán (Author), Edgar Jesús Zitle-García (Author), María del Carmen Solís-Cruz (Author), Ismael Velázquez-Ramírez (Author), Miriam Aguilar-Jiménez (Author), Leonel Villa-Caballero (Author), Nelly Cisneros-González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Permanent occupational disability is one of the most severe consequences of diabetes that impedes the performance of usual working activities among economically active individuals. Survival rates and worker compensation expenses have not previously been examined among Mexican wor...