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Cost-effectiveness of strategies to increase screening coverage for cervical cancer in Spain: the CRIVERVA study.
- Source :
- BMC Public Health; 2/14/2017, Vol. 17, p1-8, 8p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>The aim of the study is to carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis of three different interventions to promote the uptake of screening for cervical cancer in general practice in the county of Valles Occidental, Barcelona, Spain.<bold>Methods: </bold>Women aged from 30 to 70 years (n = 15,965) were asked to attend a general practice to be screened. They were randomly allocated to one of four groups: no intervention group (NIG); one group where women received an invitation letter to participate in the screening (IG1); one group where women received an invitation letter and informative leaflet (IG2); and one group where women received an invitation letter, an informative leaflet and a phone call reminder (IG3). Clinical effectiveness was measured as the percentage increase in screening coverage. A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed from the perspective of the public health system with a time horizon of three to five years - the duration of the randomised controlled clinical trial. In addition, a deterministic sensitivity analysis was performed. Results are presented according to different age groups.<bold>Results: </bold>The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for the most cost-effective intervention, IG1, compared with opportunistic screening was € 2.78 per 1% increase in the screening coverage. The age interval with the worst results in terms of efficiency was women aged < 40 years.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>In a population like Catalonia, with around 2 million women aged 30 to 70 years and assuming that 40% of these women were not attending general practice to be screened for cervical cancer, the implementation of an intervention to increase screening coverage which consists of sending a letter would cost on average less than € 490 for every 1000 women.<bold>Trial Registration: </bold>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01373723 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CERVICAL cancer diagnosis
COST effectiveness
MEDICAL screening
PUBLIC health
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
TUMOR prevention
COMPARATIVE studies
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
RESEARCH
WOMEN'S health services
CERVIX uteri tumors
EVALUATION research
PATIENTS' attitudes
ECONOMICS
DIAGNOSIS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121313263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4115-0