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The cost-effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2010
Published decision analyses show that screening for colorectal cancer is cost-effective. However, because of the number of tests available, the optimal screening strategy in Canada is unknown. We estimated the incremental cost-effectiveness of 10 strategies for colorectal cancer screening, as well as no screening, incorporating quality of life ...
Jennifer J, Telford, Adrian R, Levy, Jennifer C, Sambrook, Denise, Zou, Robert A, Enns   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of COPD screening programs in primary care for high-risk patients in China

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2021
We built a decision-analytic model to compare the cost-effectiveness of using portable spirometer and questionnaire to screen chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) with no screening (i.e. usual care) among chronic bronchitis patient in China.
Shuli Qu, Xuedan You, Tianyi Liu, Lijiao Wang, Zheng Yin, Yanjun Liu, Chong Ye, Ting Yang, Mao Huang, Hongchao Li, Liwen Fang, Jinping Zheng   +11 more
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Hepatocellular carcinoma: cost-effectiveness of screening. A systematic review

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2012
Matteo RuggeriFacoltà di Economia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – sede di Roma, Rome, ItalyAbstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common tumors worldwide.
Ruggeri M
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Cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Ukraine

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide and is associated with high mortality when detected at a later stage. There is a paucity of studies from low and middle income countries to support the cost-effectiveness of ...
Nelya Melnitchouk, Djøra I. Soeteman, Jennifer S. Davids, Adam Fields, Joshua Cohen, Farzad Noubary, Andrey Lukashenko, Olena O. Kolesnik, Karen M. Freund   +8 more
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Screening and the costs of treating colorectal cancer [PDF]

British Journal of Cancer, 1993
The objective of this paper is to compare the hospital costs of treating patients with colorectal cancers detected as a result of a faecal occult blood screening programme with those of patients whose cancers present symptomatically (control group). Patient-specific cost estimates are made, using case records and hospital accounts, for 360 patients ...
D K, Whynes, A R, Walker, J O, Chamberlain, J D, Hardcastle   +3 more
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Is adding HCV screening to the antenatal national screening program in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, cost-effective? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to severe liver disease. Pregnant women are already routinely screened for several infectious diseases, but not yet for HCV infection.
Anouk T Urbanus, Marjolijn van Keep, Amy A Matser, Mark H Rozenbaum, Christine J Weegink, Anneke van den Hoek, Maria Prins, Maarten J Postma   +7 more
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Cost-effectiveness of screening for hepatocellular carcinoma: putting the cart before the horse

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2012
Alain BraillonGRES, Public Health, Amiens, FranceRuggeri has recently reviewed the cost-effectiveness of screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).1 However, evidence for effectiveness is still lacking, with only two randomized trials available, both ...
Braillon A
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Decision tree-Markov model of perinatal depression screening: a cost–utility analysis

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPerinatal depression affects the physical and mental health of pregnant women. It also has a negative effect on children, families, and society, and the incidence is high.
Yehuan Yang, Ruimin Zheng, Li Yang, Xing Huang, Tong Zhang   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma in developed countries

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011
As all developed countries are struggling with health care costs growing too large and too fast, the current performance and overburden of glaucoma services demand a reappraisal of current management strategies.
Tuulonen Anja
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Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of Fecal Immunochemical Test‐ and Colonoscopy‐based Colorectal Cancer Screening across Varying Uptake Rates

DEN Open
Objectives To reduce the burden of colorectal cancer (CRC), identifying cost‐effective screening strategies with particular attention to screening adherence is essential.
Masau Sekiguchi, Ataru Igarashi, Minoru esaki, Yutaka saito, Nozomu Kobayashi, Takahisa Matsuda   +5 more
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