Cost of Early Retirement Caused By Rheumatic Diseases In Portugal
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Cost of Early Retirement Caused By Rheumatic Diseases In Portugal.
§ 29.9% of the Portuguese population with ages between 50 and 64 yo were officially retired. § Among these, 13.1% were retired due to RD (3.9% of overall population). § The estimated annual indirect cost following premature retirement caused by RD was €910 million (€555 per capita; €1,625 per self-reported RD patient and €13,592 per early retiree due to RD). § Females contributed with 84% for t...
متن کاملInterventions aiming to reduce early retirement due to rheumatic diseases.
INTRODUCTION Aging of the population and early retirement translates into productivity losses to society. Persistence of working life is crucial to counteract this sustainability issue faced by western countries. Musculoskeletal and rheumatic diseases (RD) may cause work disability and early exit from work, including early retirement. The objective of this article is to review the current knowl...
متن کاملAssessment of disability caused by rheumatic diseases in general practice.
At present general practitioners lack a tool for defining the level of disability of individual patients and groups of patients with arthritis. An assessment technique (health assessment questionnaire) developed in the United States is described, and its use in general practice evaluated. Sixty two patients agreed to be visited at home to compare their observed abilities when performing the tas...
متن کاملFasting and rheumatic diseases
Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...
متن کاملSporotrichosis Caused by Sporothrix mexicana, Portugal
To the Editor: Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous fungal infection present worldwide that is caused by traumatic inoculation or inhalation of spores of the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii complex (1–3). However, molecular studies have shown that the S. schenckii complex constitutes several cryptic infectious species demonstrated 3 major clades grouped into 6 putative phylogenetic species. T...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2289