Risk for unemployment of cancer survivors: A Danish cohort study
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AIM: To investigate whether cancer survivors are at an increased risk for unemployment after cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cohort of 65,510 patients who were part of the workforce in the year before diagnosis and a random sample of 316,925 age and gender-matched controls were followed for up to 20 years in a longitudinal register-based cohort study. Demographic, socioeconomic and health-related information were obtained through Danish administrative registers. RESULTS: Cancer survivors had a small but significantly increased risk for unemployment following cancer. Stratified analyses showed that the risk for unemployment was highest amongst persons aged 50-60 years at time of diagnosis. Risk factors for unemployment were found to be manual work, medium income and vocational education. CONCLUSION: Generally, cancer patients were at a small increased risk for unemployment and low socioeconomic position was a significant risk factor.
Original language | English |
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Journal | European Journal of Cancer |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 13 |
Pages (from-to) | 1866-74 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0959-8049 |
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Publication status | Published - 2008 |
ID: 8855134