Loss of Working Life Years Due to Mortality, Sickness Absence, or Ill-health Retirement: A Comprehensive Approach to Estimating Disease Burden in the Workplace

Background: While much effort has focused on quantifying disease burden in occupational health, no study has simultaneously assessed disease burden in terms of mortality and morbidity. We aimed to propose a new comprehensive method of quantifying the disease burden in the workplace. Methods: The dat...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Inoue, Shuhei Nomura, Chihiro Nishiura, Ai Hori, Kenya Yamamoto, Tohru Nakagawa, Toru Honda, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Masafumi Eguchi, Takeshi Kochi, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Hiroko Okazaki, Teppei Imai, Akiko Nishihara, Takayuki Ogasawara, Naoko Sasaki, Akihiko Uehara, Makoto Yamamoto, Makiko Shimizu, Maki Konishi, Isamu Kabe, Tetsuya Mizoue, Seitaro Dohi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/31/7/31_JE20190332/_pdf