Systematic Review Of Productivity Losses Associated With Cardiovascular Disease In Europe

People with cardiovascular disease (CVD) often require time off work to recover from illness or surgery (e.g. post-myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke, individuals incur income losses and output is reduced for employers and the wider economy). A systematic review was conducted to identify studies reporting the magnitude of these losses for European populations, for use in economic analyses.

Source: Value in Health - October 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: AL Gordois, EM Proudfoot, CJ Paoli, SR Gandra Source Type: research