Production losses from morbidity and mortality by disease, age and sex in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The inclusion of production losses in health care priority setting is extensively debated. However, few studies allow for a comparison of these losses across relevant clinical and demographic categories. Our objective was to provide comprehensive estimates of Norwegian production losses from morbidity and mortality by age, sex and disease category.

Methods

National registries, tax records, labour force surveys, household and population statistics and data from the Global Burden of Disease were combined to estimate production losses for 12 disease categories, 38 age and sex groups and four causes of production loss. The production losses were estimated via lost wages in accordance with a human capital approach for 2019.

Results

The main causes of production losses

SUBMITTER: Kinge JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature