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Indirect costs of cervical and breast cancers in Spain

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URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10016/13903
ISSN: 1618-7598
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-005-0303-4
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2005-08-13
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This study estimated the indirect costs (productivity loss) caused by mortality and morbidity of cervical and breast cancers in Spain. We used two alternative methods: (a) the traditional human capital (HC) approach and (b) the friction cost (FC) method. The annual costs were €43.4 and 288.7 for cervical and breast cancer, respectively, by the HC approach and €1.1 and 11.6 mil lion by the FC approach. Cost-of-ill ness studies help to illustrate the real dimension of health problems and should be a major concern for health policies. Indirect costs are relevant information about diseases. However, the estimated indirect costs depend heavily on the approach adopted.
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Cancer, Indirect costs, Human capital, Friction cost, Spain
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European Journal of Health Economics,2005, vol. 6, nº 4, pp. 309-313
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