Yes, accurately measuring and valuing health-related productivity loss is important, but can we afford any longer not to prevent and address it?

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¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Hampton House 402, 624 N. Broadway Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.

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E F Drabo et al. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;183(3):420-421.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.18904. Epub 2020 Mar 5.

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Hampton House 402, 624 N. Broadway Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.

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A multinational assessment of work-related productivity loss and indirect costs from a survey of patients with psoriasis.
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