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Cost‐benefit determinations in screening mammography
Author(s) -
Moskowitz Myron
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19871001)60:1+<1680::aid-cncr2820601206>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , mammography screening , cost–benefit analysis , population , medical care , cancer screening , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , breast cancer , risk analysis (engineering) , medical physics , cancer , environmental health , family medicine , ecology , biology
A cost-benefit analysis clearly shows that the costs for screening a large population of asymptomatic women are well within the cost-benefit range accepted for other areas within the medical care system. Reduction in cancer deaths is not easy to come by. When a method is available which can achieve this result, every effort should be made to make it available until it can be replaced satisfactorily with a less expensive, equally effective method.