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Table 3 Study charactristics of included articles

From: A systemmatic literature review on indirect costs of women with breast cancer

No.

First author

Study population

Databases

Perspective

Type of study

Discount rate

Region

Income groups

Sample size

1

Lidgren (2007) [45]

Female patients with a previous diagnosis of breast cancer

Enrolled

Societal

Prospective

Sweden

High income: OECD

361

2

Ivanauskiene (2010) [40]

A survey of 379 women treated in five major Lithuanian hospitals

Questionnaire

Societal

Prospective

Lithuania

High income: nonOECD

379

3

Broekx (2011) [38]

All women had undergone an initial surgical treatment for breast cancer between 1998 and 2003, allowing us to identify these patients in the Christian Health Insurance Funds databases based on the official billing codes attached to these surgical procedures

Enrolled

Societal

Prospective

4%

Belgium

High income: OECD

20,439

4

Jain (2016) [55]

The patients with primary diagnosis as breast cancer, diagnosed in between April 2012 to March 2013, not having any co-morbidities

Interview

Houshold

Prospective

India

Lower middle income

221

5

Łyszczarz (2017) [35]

Population based

Social insurance system and Polish National Cancer Registry

Societal

Retrospective

0%, 3.5%

Poland

High income: OECD

6

Vondeling (2018) [52]

Women with breast cancer in netherlands

Dutch National Cancer Registry

Retrospective

2%, 6%

Netherlands

High income: OECD

320,179

7

Roine (2019) [58]

All patients aged 18 years and over and diagnosed with BC were eligible for the study

questionnair

Prospective

Finland

High income: OECD

827

8

Trogdon (2020) [51]

women with no missing responses to questions regarding having ever been diagnosed with cancer, having ever been diagnosed with breast cancer, and age at breast cancer diagnosis

National Health Interview Survey

Social

Retrospective

3%

United States

High income: OECD

6935

9

Max (2009) [46]

California women for 2001 using California specific hospitalization and mortality data

California specific hospitalization and mortality data

Retrospective

3%

United States

High income: OECD

12,934

10

Meadows (2010) [57]

employed women, aged 18 to 64, with BC identified by a validated algorithm between 1999 and 2005, from claims (Market Scan) and attendance databases

Encounters (CC&E) and Health and Productivity Management (HPM) databases from Thomson Reuters

Employer

Reteospective

United States

High income: OECD

880

11

Sorensen (2012) [50]

The incident cohort of MBC patients included both de novo MBC patients and MBC patients who progressed during that year from earlier stages of breast cancer

Medical record

Social

3%

United States

High income: OECD

49,674

12

Heras (2018) [60]

Patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent mBC diagnosed over 1 year

Physician survey conducted with 10 clinical experts in Spain

   

Spain

High income: OECD

2923

13

Gordon (2007) [54]

English-speaking women recently diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer, aged 20–75 years and who resided within a 100 km radius of Brisbane (where approximately 70% of the Queensland population resides)

Questionnaire

The perspective of the survivor

Prospective

Australia

High income: OECD

287

14

Wan (2013) [31]

Adult BC patients eligible for employee benefits of sick leave and/or short-term disability were identified with ICD-9 codes

The MarketScan_ Health and Productivity Management database

societal

Retrospective

United State

High income: OECD

326,903

15

Binazzi (2013) [53]

Only subjects over 25 years deceased in 2006 have been selected by cancer site

Italian National Institute of Statistics

Retrospective

1%, 3%

Italy

High income: OECD

11,476 death

16

Mahmood (2018) [56]

Patients were eligible for inclusion if they were (1) female; (2) 18 years of age or older; (3) had been in treatment for 3 months to 2 years since diagnosis; (4) were diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer with any stage; (5) fluent in Urdu, English or regional languages i.e. Punjabi and Saraiki; and (6) able to provide informed consent

Qeustionnair

Prospective

Pakistan

Lower middle income

200

17

Goyal (2020) [61]

Patients with MBC was ascertained based on the presence of at least two claims with an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for secondary malignancy

The IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters (CCAE) databases

Retrospective

United State

High income: OECD

5563

18

Ferrier (2020) [32]

Female patients with histologically confirmed, previously untreated and primarily operable BC (exclusion of metastatic, locally advanced or inflammatory BC as defined by the AJCC)

Questionnaire

Socetial

Prospective

 

France

High income: OECD

168

19

Daroudi (2015) [10]

Cancer population

National cancer registry reports, hospital records, occupational data, and interviews with expert

   

Iran

Upper middle income

39,316

20

Yin (2017) [59]

The study sample included employees who had at least two inpatient or outpatient claims with a diagnosis of BC

The MarketScan_ Health and Productivity Management database

Employer

Retrospective

United State

High income: OECD

6409

21

Oliva (2006) [47]

 

Spanish Registry of Deaths by cause

Retrospective

0%, 3%, 6%

Spain

High income: OECD

38,025

22

Hanly (2012) [39]

Population-based sample of 1373 survivors was selected from the National Cancer Registry Ireland. Survivors were between 6 months and 2 years since diagnosis and had been treated at 1 of 17 hospitals across the country (14 mixed public/ private, 3 private)

Questionnaire

Societal (HCA) and an employer’s (FCA) perspective

Prospective

4%

Irland

High income: OECD

250

23

KIM (2007) [43]

All cancer population

Health Insurance Review agency & Korean Central Cancer Registry (KCCR)

Social

Retrospective

3%

Korea

High income: OECD

36,226

24

Pearce (2016) [48]

Cancer population

Central Statistics Office (CSO) and annual age-specific cancer

Retrospective & prospective

5%

Ireland

High income: OECD

Cancer death 2011–2030

25

Bradley (2008) [33]

All cancer population

National Interim Projections, Berkeley Mortality Database, Current Population Survey (CPS)

Retrospective

3%

United State

High income: OECD

26

Hanly (2014) [36]

Cancer deaths

WHO mortality database

Social

Retrospective

3.5%

Europe

27

Lee (2014) [44]

Women with breast cancer

national health insurance claims data

Societal

Retrospective

3%

Korea

High income: OECD

42,605 in 2000, 97,507 in 2010

28

Khorasani (2015) [42]

Cancer population

Iranian Ministry of Cooperation Labor and Social Welfare

Social

Retrospective

3%

Iran

Upper middle income

3304

29

Karami-matin (2016) [41]

Cancer people

Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) & Iranian Ministry of Cooperation Labor and Social Welfare

Retrospective

3%

Iran

Upper middle income

962 in 2006, 1,086 in 2007, 1,122 in 2008, 1,124 in 2009, 1,283 in 2010

30

Sasser (2005) [49]

Female employees, also age 50–64 years (the “comparison group”), during the 3-year period

Medical record

Employer

Retrospective

United State

High income: OECD

555

31

Luengo (2013) [34]

Population based

International and national sources

 

European Union

32

John (2010) [62]

Cancer population

WHO

Retrospective

Global

33

Barchuk (2019) [37]

Cancer population

Herzen Research Institute of Oncology

Societal burden of cancer in Russia

Retrospective

0% & 5%

Russia

High income: nonOECD

2031