The Productivity Costs of Premature Mortality Due to Cancer in Australia: Evidence from a Microsimulation Model.

To estimate the productivity costs of premature mortality due to cancer in Australia, in aggregate and for the 26 most prevalent cancer sites.A human capital approach was adopted to estimate the long term impacts of Australian cancer deaths in 2003. Using population mortality data, the labour force...

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Main Authors: Hannah E Carter, Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra Shrestha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5152930?pdf=render