TY - BOOK ID - 5454741 TI - Economic implications of chronic illness and disability in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union AU - Mete, Cem. AU - World Bank. PY - 2008 SN - 9780821373378 9780821373385 0821373374 0821373382 9786611787387 1281787388 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Chronic diseases KW - Maladies chroniques KW - Economic aspects KW - Aspect économique KW - Chronic diseases. KW - Employment KW - Persons KW - Population Characteristics KW - Publication Formats KW - Social Sciences KW - Disease Attributes KW - Europe KW - Sociology KW - Health Care KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Publication Characteristics KW - Pathologic Processes KW - Geographic Locations KW - Named Groups KW - Geographicals KW - Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms KW - Diseases KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Tables KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Statistics KW - Unemployment KW - Economics KW - Disabled Persons KW - Chronic Disease KW - Public Health KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Public Health - General KW - Aspect économique KW - Chronically Ill KW - Chronic Illness KW - Chronic Diseases KW - Chronic Illnesses KW - Disease, Chronic KW - Diseases, Chronic KW - Illness, Chronic KW - Illnesses, Chronic KW - Physically Disabled KW - Handicapped KW - People with Disabilities KW - Persons with Disabilities KW - Physically Challenged KW - Physically Handicapped KW - Disabilities, People with KW - Disabilities, Persons with KW - Disability, Persons with KW - Disabled Person KW - Disabled, Physically KW - Handicapped, Physically KW - People with Disability KW - Person, Disabled KW - Persons with Disability KW - Persons, Disabled KW - Capital KW - Conditions, Economic KW - Consumption KW - Cost of Living KW - Easterlin Hypothesis KW - Economic Conditions KW - Economic Factors KW - Economic Policies KW - Economic Policy KW - Economics, Home KW - Factors, Economic KW - Home Economics KW - Household Consumption KW - Macroeconomic Factors KW - Microeconomic Factors KW - Policies, Economic KW - Policy, Economic KW - Production KW - Remittances KW - Utility Theory KW - Consumer Price Index KW - Condition, Economic KW - Consumer Price Indices KW - Consumption, Household KW - Economic Condition KW - Economic Factor KW - Factor, Economic KW - Factor, Macroeconomic KW - Factor, Microeconomic KW - Factors, Macroeconomic KW - Factors, Microeconomic KW - Household Consumptions KW - Hypothesis, Easterlin KW - Index, Consumer Price KW - Indices, Consumer Price KW - Living Cost KW - Living Costs KW - Remittance KW - Theories, Utility KW - Theory, Utility KW - Utility Theories KW - Factors, Socioeconomic KW - High-Income Population KW - Inequalities KW - Land Tenure KW - Standard of Living KW - Factor, Socioeconomic KW - High Income Population KW - High-Income Populations KW - Inequality KW - Living Standard KW - Living Standards KW - Population, High-Income KW - Populations, High-Income KW - Socioeconomic Factor KW - Tenure, Land KW - Symptoms and General Pathology KW - Pathological Processes KW - Processes, Pathologic KW - Processes, Pathological KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Person KW - Child Labor KW - Employment Insecurity KW - Employment Status KW - Labor Force KW - Marginal Employment KW - Occupational Status KW - Precarious Employment KW - Status, Occupational KW - Underemployment KW - Employment Termination KW - Employment Insecurities KW - Employment, Marginal KW - Employment, Precarious KW - Insecurity, Employment KW - Labor Forces KW - Labor, Child KW - Status, Employment KW - Termination, Employment KW - General Social Development and Population KW - NCDs (Noncommunicable diseases) KW - Non-communicable diseases KW - Non-infectious diseases KW - Noncommunicable diseases KW - Attribute, Disease KW - Attributes, Disease KW - Disease Attribute KW - Science, Social KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social Science KW - Population Heterogeneity KW - Population Statistics KW - Characteristic, Population KW - Characteristics, Population KW - Heterogeneity, Population KW - Population Characteristic KW - Statistics, Population KW - Pain Management KW - Rehabilitation Research KW - Bedridden Persons KW - Immobilization KW - Sports for Persons with Disabilities KW - Health Services for Persons with Disabilities KW - Rehabilitation, Vocational KW - Work KW - Social Inequalities KW - Social Inequality KW - Inequalities, Social KW - Inequality, Social KW - Geography KW - Factor, Geographic KW - Factors, Geographic KW - Geographic Factor KW - Geographic Factors KW - Geography, Human KW - Human Geography KW - Geographic Location KW - Northern Europe KW - Southern Europe KW - Western Europe KW - Eastern Europe KW - Economic and Social Factors KW - Social and Economic Factors KW - Socioeconomic Characteristics KW - Characteristic, Socioeconomic KW - Socioeconomic Characteristic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5454741 AB - Disability is an important issue for the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Not only is a significant portion of their population either in poor health or disabled - with implications for labor force participation and productivity - but their aging demographics project an increase in the share of disabled people, raising concerns about the sustainability of social protection programs. Thus, if these heavily resource-strapped countries fail to deal in an efficient manner with disability and health issues in their population, they could face serious challenges to ER -