Citation

Stephen AI, Macduff C, Petrie DJ, Tseng FM, Schut HAW, Skår S, Corden A, Birrell J, Wang S, Newsom C, Wilson S. Death Stud. 2015; 39(3): 151-157.

Affiliation

Institute for Health and Wellbeing Research , Robert Gordon University , Aberdeen , Scotland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2014.920435

PMID

25255790

Abstract

Aspects of the socioeconomic costs of bereavement in Scotland were estimated using 3 sets of data. Spousal bereavement was associated with increased mortality and longer hospital stays, with additional annual cost of around £20 million. Cost of bereavement coded consultations in primary care was estimated at around £2.0 million annually. In addition, bereaved people were significantly less likely to be employed in the year of and 2 years after bereavement than non-bereaved matched controls, but there were no significant differences in income between bereaved people and matched controls before and after bereavement.

Language: en