Alternatively, the repeat claim group included a substantial proportion of occupational disease claims.
Yet our data suggest that the number of occupational cancer claims has not been declining over the years, and neither have the costs of claims.
Additionally, the number of compensated occupational cancer claims has also grown progressively in Ontario, however the true burden of occupational cancer is yet to be properly estimated [8].
Estimating and exploring the determinants of the cost of occupational cancer claims in Nova Scotia, as well as nationally by province must be attempted.
Our results complement their findings, suggesting that while asbestos related cancers are becoming more commonly reported, they are also significantly more costly than other occupational cancer claims.
We find that the Canadian WCB insurance system spends approximately $68 million on occupational cancer claims annually, and has spent approximately $1.2 billion between 1996 and 2013.
Costs were higher by 363% in the unadjusted model (p < 0.01), 1309% higher in the full adjusted model (p < 0.01), and 556% higher in the adjusted parsimonious model (p < 0.01) relative to unspecified occupational cancer claims.
He also scrapped the social fund which provided grants and loans to the poor and curbed the benefit system and new personal and occupational pensions, claiming previous systems had encouraged people to "live off the state".
The claim submission procedures for occupational and environmental claims differ.
There were 385 occupational related cancer claims accepted by the Nova Scotia WCB.
