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Modelling the cost of ill health in Health&WealthMOD (Version II): lost labour force participation, income and taxation, and the impact of disease prevention

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This paper provides a detailed description of the construction of Health&WealthMOD (Version II). It is Australias only microsimulation model of health and illness and their impacts on labour force participation, income, wealth and government revenue and expenditure. In this paper, we describe Health&WealthMOD (Version II) and its architecture, the application of the model, and some of the results it has produced.

DOI: 10.34196/ijm.00058

Authors: Deborah Schofield, Rupendra Shrestha, Emily Callander, Richard Pervical, Simon Kelly, Megan Passey, Susan Fletcher

Institutions: The University of Sydney, University of Canberra

Language: English

Topic: demographic modeling and climate adaptation

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth, No poverty

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W2159735155

FWCI: 6.517

Cites: 13

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10