Economic implications of chronic illness and disability in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / edited by Cem Mete. - xvi, 136 pages : col. illustrations, color map ; 26 cm. - World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Measurement of disability and linkages with welfare, employment, and schooling -- The impact of health shocks on employment, earnings, and household consumption in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Health disabilities and labor productivity in Russia in 2004 -- The implications of poor health status on employment in Romania.

0821373374 (alk. paper) 9780821373378 (alk. paper)

2007051398

101392627 DNLM


Chronic Disease--economics--Europe, Eastern--Statistics.
Chronic Disease--economics--Europe, Eastern--Tables.
Disabled Persons--statistics & numerical data--Europe, Eastern--Tables.
Socioeconomic Factors--Europe, Eastern--Statistics.
Socioeconomic Factors--Europe, Eastern--Tables.
Unemployment--statistics & numerical data--Europe, Eastern--Tables.
Chronic diseases--Economic aspects--Europe, Eastern.
Chronic diseases--Economic aspects--Former Soviet republics.

RA644.8.E852 / E26 2008

338.4/73621094

HV 1559.E8 / E19 2008