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econ.EM2018
Cancer Risk Messages: Public Health and Economic Welfare
Ruth F. G. Williams, Ka C. Chan, Christopher T. Lenard +1
Statements for public health purposes such as "1 in 2 will get cancer by age 85" have appeared in public spaces. The meaning drawn from such statements affects economic welfare, no…
econ.EM2018
Cancer Risk Messages: A Light Bulb Model
Ka C. Chan, Ruth F. G. Williams, Christopher T. Lenard +1
The meaning of public messages such as "One in x people gets cancer" or "One in y people gets cancer by age z" can be improved. One assumption commonly invoked is that there is no…
econ.EM2018
Simulation Modelling of Inequality in Cancer Service Access
Ka C. Chan, Ruth F. G. Williams, Christopher T. Lenard +1
This paper applies economic concepts from measuring income inequality to an exercise in assessing spatial inequality in cancer service access in regional areas. We propose a mathem…