Category(s):
Health
Status: Closed
Principal: Ted McDonald
Project Number: P0004
Year Approved: 2016
Year Completed: 2019
Recent legislation changes granted presumptive workers compensation coverage to New Brunswick firefighters who develop cancer. Since premiums are set on a cost-recovery basis, fund solvency requires that stakeholders have information on the typical cost associated with each type of cancer covered.
This project fills this information gap by estimating the cost per case of these cancers using New Brunswick patient level cost data. The cost estimates will be used to develop an estimate of the future cost to the workers' compensation system.
