A finite and stable exponential growth-adjusted indirect cost of cancer associated with discounted years of life lost in Saudi Arabia

Background: The risk of getting cancer before full life expectancy and mortalities per year are on the rise in Saudi Arabia. Yet, evidence of economic burden of cancer in the country remains largely unknown. In order to provide evidence, we attempted to estimate the economic burden in terms of indir...

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Main Authors: Omar B. Da'ar, Ashraf El-Metwally, Raghib Abu-Saris, Abdul Rahman Jazieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017335806