Journal article
The effect of labelling on illness related absenteeism An economic explanation for the case of hypertension
Abstract
What is the impact of being told that one has hypertension? According to evidence from randomized controlled trials one effect of labelling is an increase in illness related absenteeism among those who were unaware of their blood pressure status. Moreover, this effect exists even when no objective medical reasons justify such immediate increases in absenteeism. In this paper we present an economic explanation of this phenomenon based on the …
Authors
Gafni A; Peled D
Journal
Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 173–178
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 1984
DOI
10.1016/0167-6296(84)90005-5
ISSN
0167-6296