Risk for unemployment of cancer survivors: A Danish cohort study

Kathrine Carlsen; Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton; Finn Diderichsen; Christoffer Johansen; Danish Cohort Study

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2008.05.020

Risk for unemployment of cancer survivors: A Danish cohort study

Kathrine Carlsen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Finn Diderichsen, Christoffer Johansen, 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
Journal	European Journal of Cancer
Volume	44
Issue number	13
Pages (from-to)	1866-74
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0959-8049
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2008.05.020
Publication status	Published - 2008

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