**Author details**

Urszula Religioni<sup>1</sup> \*, Aleksandra Czerw2,3, Anna M. Badowska-Kozakiewicz4 , Michał Budzik<sup>4</sup> and Andrzej Deptała4,5

1 Collegium of Business Administration, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland

2 Department of Health Economics and Medical Law, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

3 Department of Economic and System Analyses, National Institute of Public Health - NIH, Warsaw, Poland

4 Department of Cancer Prevention, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

5 Department of Oncology and Hematology, Central Clinical Hospital of the MSWiA in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

\*Address all correspondence to: urszula.religioni@gmail.com

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### **Chapter 4**
