Economic impacts of illness in older workers: quantifying the impact of illness on income, tax revenue and government spending

• Main Authors: Passey Megan E (Author), Percival Richard (Author), Shrestha Rupendra N (Author), Schofield Deborah J (Author), Kelly Simon J (Author), Callander Emily J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long term illness has far reaching impacts on individuals, and also places a large burden upon government. This paper quantifies the indirect economic impacts of illness related early retirement on individuals and government in Austr...