Max Wendy, Sung Hai-Yen, Stark Brad
Institute for Health & Aging, School of Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Jul;116(1):201-7. doi: 10.1007/s10549-008-0149-4. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
This paper estimates the healthcare costs and the value of lost productivity from premature deaths for California women with breast cancer in 2001, with an updated estimate for 2008. Multiple secondary data sources were used to estimate the healthcare cost of breast cancer. Mortality costs were estimated as the product of the number of deaths and the expected value of a woman's future earnings. The total economic cost of breast cancer in California was $1.43 billion in 2001, or $1.91 billion in 2008 dollars. Breast cancer is costly both in terms of healthcare dollars and the value of lost lives. Regular screening and access to treatment for all women will allow the disease to be diagnosed earlier, the prognosis improved, and the economic burden reduced.
本文估算了2001年加利福尼亚州乳腺癌女性的医疗保健成本以及过早死亡导致的生产力损失价值，并给出了2008年的最新估算值。使用了多个二手数据源来估算乳腺癌的医疗保健成本。死亡成本被估算为死亡人数与女性未来收入预期值的乘积。2001年加利福尼亚州乳腺癌的总经济成本为14.3亿美元，按2008年美元计算为19.1亿美元。乳腺癌在医疗费用和生命损失价值方面都代价高昂。对所有女性进行定期筛查并提供治疗途径，将使疾病能更早被诊断，改善预后，并减轻经济负担。
