Open AccessEstimating the indirect cost of illness: an assessment of the forgone earnings approach.
Author(s) -
Sherry Glied
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.86.12.1723
Subject(s) - earnings , medicine , environmental health , actuarial science , economics , accounting
This study attempted to assess (1) the accuracy of estimates of the indirect cost of illness and death computed with the human capital (forgone earnings) method and (2) the sensitivity of these estimates to key assumptions and parameters.
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