The Economic Burden of Cancer in Canada from a Societal Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Cancer patients and their families experience considerable financial hardship; however, the current published literature on the economic burden of cancer at the population level has typically focused on the costs from the health system's perspective. This study aims to estimate the economic burden of cancer in Canada from a societal perspective. The analysis was conducted using the OncoSim-All Cancers model, a Canadian cancer microsimulation model. OncoSim simulates cancer incidence and deaths using incidence and mortality data from the Canadian Cancer Registry and demography projections from Statistics Canada. Using a phase-based costing framework, we estimated the economic burden of cancer in Canada in 2021 by incorporating published direct health system costs and patients' and families'

SUBMITTER: Garaszczuk R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9025082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature