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Front. Public Health, 26 July 2021
Sec. Health Economics
Volume 9 - 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.691634

Corrigendum: Economic Value of Lost Productivity Attributable to Human Papillomavirus Cancer Mortality in the United States

This article is a correction to:

  1. Economic Value of Lost Productivity Attributable to Human Papillomavirus Cancer Mortality in the United States

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\nMasoom PriyadarshiniMasoom Priyadarshini1Vimalanand S. Prabhu Vimalanand S. Prabhu2*Sonya J. SnedecorSonya J. Snedecor1Shelby CormanShelby Corman1Barbara J. KuterBarbara J. Kuter2Chizoba NwankwoChizoba Nwankwo2Diana ChirovskyDiana Chirovsky2Evan MyersEvan Myers3
  • 1Pharmerit – an OPEN Health Company, Bethesda, MD, United States
  • 2Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, United States
  • 3Division of Women's Community and Population Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States

A Corrigendum on:
Economic Value of Lost Productivity Attributable to Human Papillomavirus Cancer Mortality in the United States

by Priyadarshini, M., Prabhu, V. S., Snedecor, S. J., Corman, S., Kuter, B. J., Nwankwo, C., et al. (2021). Front. Public Health 8:624092. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.624092

In the original article, there was a calculation error underestimating the number of cancer deaths attributable to 9vHPV-targeted types.

In Table 3, the numeric values in the two rows with the subheading High-risk HPV types targeted by 9vHPV have been updated. The corrected Table 3 appears below.

TABLE 3
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Table 3. Estimated number of HPV-attributable cancer deaths in the United States in 2017 and estimated YPLL associated with HPV-attributable cancer stratified by sex and HPV type.

In Table 4, the numeric values in the two rows with the subheadings HPV 16/18 and HPV 31/33/45/52/58 have been updated. The corrected Table 4 appears below.

TABLE 4
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Table 4. Estimated present value of future lifetime productivity due to HPV-attributable cancer deaths by sex and HPV type (in thousands, 2017 $).

A correction has been made to some numeric values within the abstract, results, and discussion:

Abstract Results: “An estimated 7,085 HPV-attributable cancer deaths occurred in 2017 accounting for 154,954 YPLL, with 6,482 deaths (91%) and 141,019 YPLL (91%) attributable to 9vHPV-targeted types. The estimated PVFLP was $3.8 billion for cancer deaths attributable to 9vHPV-targeted types (84% from women). The highest productivity burden was associated with cervical cancer in women and anal and oropharyngeal cancers in men.”

Results sentence 1: “This analysis estimated that a total of 7,085 HPV-attributable cancer deaths occurred in the United States in 2017; of these, 6,482 (91%) deaths were attributable to the high-risk types targeted by 9vHPV (i.e., HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58; Table 3).”

Results paragraph 3: “The estimated PVFLP for cancer deaths due to HPV 16/18 and HPV 31/33/45/52/58 were $3.2 billion (76%) and $626 million (15%), respectively. The average PVFLP per death among men and women were $529,248 and $608,906, respectively.”

Discussion paragraph 8: “Cancer deaths caused by high-risk 9vHPV-targeted types accounted for 91% of the total YPLL and total PVFLP.”

In the original article, there was a mistake in the discussion that has been corrected:

Discussion paragraph 10: “However, the statement also acknowledged the non-labor-market value of women who are raising children, caring for their families, and contributing to the social and economic fabric of their communities, a burden that is captured in our analysis but also needs to be evaluated in future studies.”

The authors apologize for the errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: human papillomavirus, productivity loss, mortality, cervical cancer, oropharyngeal cancer

Citation: Priyadarshini M, Prabhu VS, Snedecor SJ, Corman S, Kuter BJ, Nwankwo C, Chirovsky D and Myers E (2021) Corrigendum: Economic Value of Lost Productivity Attributable to Human Papillomavirus Cancer Mortality in the United States. Front. Public Health 9:691634. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.691634

Received: 06 April 2021; Accepted: 25 June 2021;
Published: 26 July 2021.

Edited and reviewed by: Olatunde Aremu, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom

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*Correspondence: Vimalanand S. Prabhu, vimalanand.prabhu@merck.com

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