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Philip Kearney: Arthritis costing the country billions of dollars a year
Arthritis is costing the country an estimated $12.2 billion dollars a year.
That is from a report by Arthritis New Zealand that will be presented to Parliament today.
Chief Executive Philip Kearney says arthritis is a growing health issue for people of working age and it also has a significant impact on Māori and Pacific people.
"There's $3.3 billion dollars of indirect cost and round half of it is to do with lost productivity because people can't physically do the work."
LISTEN ABOVE AS PHILIP KEARNEY SPEAKS TO MIKE HOSKING
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By Newstalk ZBArthritis is costing the country an estimated $12.2 billion dollars a year.
That is from a report by Arthritis New Zealand that will be presented to Parliament today.
Chief Executive Philip Kearney says arthritis is a growing health issue for people of working age and it also has a significant impact on Māori and Pacific people.
"There's $3.3 billion dollars of indirect cost and round half of it is to do with lost productivity because people can't physically do the work."
LISTEN ABOVE AS PHILIP KEARNEY SPEAKS TO MIKE HOSKING