Societal costs of localized renal cancer surgery
Peter Chang1,2,*, Peter Renehan2,*, Kimberly N. Taylor1, Lauren E. Dewey1, Kyle C. McAnally1, Sara Hyde1, Catrina M. Crociani1, Arie Carneiro3,4, Lisa T. Beaule5, Andrew A. Wagner1,2
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.25, No.4, pp. 9401-9406, 2018
Abstract Introduction: Hospital-related costs of renal cancer surgery have been described, but the societal costs of surgery-related lost productivity are poorly understood. We estimated the societal cost of renal cancer surgery by assessing surgery-related time off work (TOW) taken by patients and their caretakers.
Materials and methods: A total of 413 subjects who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy enrolled in an IRB-approved prospective study received an occupational survey assessing employment status, work physicality, income, surgery-related TOW, and caretaker assistance. We excluded subjects with incomplete occupational information or metastatic disease. We estimated potential wages lost using individual income and… More >