Journal article
The Valuation of Productivity Costs Due to Premature Mortality: A Comparison of the Human-Capital and Friction-Cost Methods for Schizophrenia
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare productivity-cost estimates for schizophrenia-related premature mortality in Canada in 1996 using the human-capital (HC) approach and friction-cost (FC) method.
METHODS: The number of deaths directly attributed to schizophrenia was combined with the estimated number of deaths attributable to schizophrenia from suicide. These premature deaths were valued using 2 methods: 1) the traditional HC approach, based on "potential" …
Authors
Goeree R; O'Brien BJ; Blackhouse G; Agro K; Goering P
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 455–463
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
June 1999
DOI
10.1177/070674379904400505
ISSN
0706-7437