A study of medical costs and income losses found that those who can least afford to pay for health care and miss out on their paychecks rack up the biggest bills.
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Principais colaboradores
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Reader in Urban Mobility, Oxford Brookes University
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Senior Research Fellow, the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior Lecturer and Head of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University
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Principle Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute of Neurology, UCL
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Research fellow, Oxford Brookes University
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Communication Skills, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Crime and Investigative Studies, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Interim Deputy Head of Research, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Bournemouth University
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Mel King Fellow, MIT CoLab; Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Westminster
