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Personal Income Before and After Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
- Source :
- Value in Health. 21:590-595
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with serious morbidity and labor force absenteeism, but little is known of the long-term impact of the disease on personal income. Objectives To assess long-term consequences of MS on personal salary and disposable income. Methods Patients with MS in Sweden were identified in a nationwide, disease-specific register and matched with general population controls. We assessed mean annual personal gross salary and disposable income each year before and after index (i.e., the MS diagnosis date) using data from national registers. Results The final sample consisted of 5,472 patients and 54,195 controls (mean age 39 years; 70% females). There was no significant difference in gross salary between patients and controls in any year within the pre-index period. In contrast, on average during follow-up post diagnosis, patients with MS had €5,130 less gross salary per year compared with controls, ranging from a loss of €2,430 the first year to €9,010 after 11 years. Within 10 years after index, 45% of patients had at least one record of zero gross salary, compared with 32% for controls. Mean annual disposable income was comparable between patients and controls across follow-up, with significant differences only at years 9 and 10 post-index. Conclusions We show that many patients with MS in Sweden lose their ability to support for themselves financially but still have a relatively high disposable income because of social transfers. Our findings underscore the detrimental impact of MS on affected patients and the considerable economic burden of disease to society.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Employment
Male
Labour economics
Multiple Sclerosis
Time Factors
Population
Disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Personal income
Absenteeism
medicine
Humans
Registries
030212 general & internal medicine
Salary
education
Retrospective Studies
Sweden
education.field_of_study
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
business.industry
Health Policy
Multiple sclerosis
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Social security
Sick leave
Income
Female
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Follow-Up Studies
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10983015
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Value in Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....71327222c8f4d5d032d289778c831432