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Which can be compared with the healthy worker effect — one is less likely to become a caregiver if one’s own health is poor.
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Brouwer, W.B.F. Too important to ignore. Pharmacoeconomics 24, 39–41 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-200624010-00003
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