Systematic Screening for Occupational Exposures in Lung Cancer Patients: A Prospective French Cohort
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4 janvier 2018
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.412cd0...
- halshs: halshs-01704517
- doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010065
- PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC5800164
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lung cancer occupational exposures systematic self-administered questionnaire cost analysis social deprivation I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health/I.I1.I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health -bio]/Cancer -bio]/Ecology, environment/Health -bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieSujets proches
Earnings Wage rates Wage-fund Departmental salaries Remuneration Pay Salaries Compensation Working class--Wages Superannuation Pension plans Compensation Retirement pensionsCiter ce document
Olivia Pérol et al., « Systematic Screening for Occupational Exposures in Lung Cancer Patients: A Prospective French Cohort », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.3390/ijerph15010065
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Occupational lung cancers are under-reported and under-compensated worldwide. We assessed systematic screening for occupational exposure to carcinogens combining a self-administered questionnaire and an occupational consultation to improve the detection of occupational lung cancers and their compensation. Social deprivation and the costs of this investigation were estimated. Patients with lung cancer received a self-administered questionnaire to collect their job history, potential exposure to carcinogens and deprivation. A physician assessed the questionnaire and recommended an occupational consultation if necessary. During the consultation, a physician assessed if the lung cancer was work-related and, if it was, delivered a medical certificate to claim for compensation. Over 18 months, 440 patients received the self-administered questionnaire: 234 returned a completed questionnaire and a consultation was required for 120 patients. Compensation was judged possible for 41 patients. Among the 35 medical certificates delivered, 19 patients received compensation. Nearly half the patients (46%) were assessed as socially deprived and these patients took significantly longer to return the questionnaire compared with those who were not deprived. The mean cost of the process was €62.65 per patient. Our results showed a systematic self-administered questionnaire can be used to identify patients potentially exposed to carcinogens and to improve compensation.
