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Cancer
New cancer findings from J.H. Park and co-authors described
May 12th, 2008
" The aim of this study was to investigate whether a diagnosis of cancer has an impact on the cancer patients' job loss and re-employment and to identify the factors affecting job loss and re-employment during 6 years of follow-up of Korean employees with cancer. Patients and Methods All employees except for the self-employed in Korea who were diagnosed with cancer during the 2001 calendar year (n = 5,396) were identified as the first baseline patients and were followed every 3 months over 6 years to estimate the time taken to job loss," researchers in South Korea report. "Patients who lost their job within the first year after a diagnosis of cancer (n = 1,398) were...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2008-05-12)
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