COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF BREAST-CANCER SCREENING - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS OF A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

被引:100
作者
BROWN, ML
FINTOR, L
机构
[1] Applied Research Branch, Surveillance Program, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
关键词
BREAST CANCER; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING;
D O I
10.1007/BF00662136
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
There is now considerable concern that universal access to health care within realistic resource constraints requires some sort of cost-effectiveness analysis of given medical procedures and interventions. One such intervention is routine mammographic screening for breast cancer. Here, we report preliminary results from an ongoing project to conduct a systematic and comprehensive review and comparison of the published cost-effectiveness analyses of screening for the early detection of breast cancer. We examine 16 such studies, and compare two studies in detail to explain how differences in assumptions and in consideration of down-stream effects have caused the published results for apparently comparable breast cancer screening programs to span a broad range.
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页码:113 / 118
页数:6
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