Who pays for occupational asthma?

Who pays for occupational asthma?
A modelling exercise in the UK showed that there were huge costs equally split between the affected worker and the government, and that the employers costs including loss of productivity, recruitment and retraining accounted for only 3% of the lifetime costs.

References

Full Text Available for Costs of occupational asthma in the UK Ayres JG, Boyd R, Cowie H, Hurley JF, Costs of occupational asthma in the UK , Thorax, 2011;66:128-133,
Jon Ayres, University of Birmingham, an author of 'Costs of occupational asthma in the UK'

Abstract Available for Who bears the costs of occupational asthma? Burge PS, Who bears the costs of occupational asthma?, Thorax, 2011;66:92-93,
Sherwood Burge, Oasys, an author of 'Who bears the costs of occupational asthma?'

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