Assessing a decade of leukaemia-related premature mortality costs:impact on productivity loss in Spain

Abstract

Abstract Introduction Cancer mortality is one of the dominant causes of productivity loss; and within all cancer sites, blood cancer is the fourth most common cause of death in Spain. Thus, its impacts in work productivity are a major concern and represent a high social impact. The aim of this study was to evaluate the productivity losses resulting from of premature deaths due to leukaemia in Spain.