Indirect Costs Due to Lung Cancer-Related Premature Mortality in Four European Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lung cancer accounts for approximately 20% of all cancer-related deaths and for the loss of 3.2 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) annually across Europe. The present study investigated the productivity losses resulting from premature deaths due to lung cancer in four European countries.

Methods

The human capital approach (HCA) was used to estimate indirect cost of productivity losses due to premature death due to lung cancer (ICD-10 codes C33-34 malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung) in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Poland. Years of productive life lost (YPLL) and present value of future lost productivity (PVFLP) were calculated using national age-specific mortality, wages, and employment rates. Data were sourced from the World H

SUBMITTER: Bencina G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10189212 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature