@article{ref1,
title="The economic cost of bereavement in Scotland",
journal="Death studies",
year="2015",
author="Stephen, Audrey I. and Macduff, Colin and Petrie, Dennis J. and Tseng, Fu-Min and Schut, Henk A. W. and Skår, Silje and Corden, Anne and Birrell, John and Wang, Shaolin and Newsom, Cate and Wilson, Stewart",
volume="39",
number="3",
pages="151-157",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2014.920435",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2014.920435"
}