Estimating the national wage loss from cancer in Canada

Current Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Hopkins, R B ^a,b   Goeree, R ^a,b   Longo, C J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden; Indirect cost; Productivity; Societal cost of cancer; Wage loss

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEOPLASM; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 77950558562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v17i2.477     Document Type: Article

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