Gender disparities in lost productivity resulting from non-communicable diseases in Mexico, 2005-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause long-term impacts on health and can substantially affect people's ability to work. Little is known about how such impacts vary by gender, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where productivity losses may affect economic development. This study assessed the long-term productivity loss caused by major NCDs among adult women and men (20-76 years) in Mexico because of premature death and hospitalisations, between 2005 and 2021.

Methods

We conducted an economic valuation based on the Human Capital Approach. We obtained population-based data from the National Employment Survey from 2005 to 2021 to estimate the expected productivity according to age and gender using a two-part model. We utilised expected produc

SUBMITTER: Guerrero-Lopez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11140423 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature