Costs of occupational asthma in the UK

ObjectivesTo estimate the social costs of occupational asthma in the UK.MethodsA desk-top approach using cost-of-illness methodology was employed, defining direct and indirect lifetime costs for six scenarios: a male and a female worker each exposed to isocyanates, latex and biocides (eg, glutaralde...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 2011-02, Vol.66 (2), p.128-133
Hauptverfasser:	Ayres, Jon G, Boyd, Richard, Cowie, Hilary, Hurley, J Fintan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asthma Asthma - economics Asthma - epidemiology Biocides Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma Cost control Cost of Illness costs Data processing Economics Employer Health Costs - statistics & numerical data Employers Employment Female Female employees Flour Gender Glutaraldehyde health burden Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health care expenditures Health Surveys Humans Income - statistics & numerical data isocyanates Labor force Latex Male Medical sciences Occupational accidents Occupational asthma Occupational Diseases - economics Occupational Diseases - epidemiology occupational lung disease Pneumology Present value State Medicine - economics Streams United Kingdom - epidemiology Workers
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