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Costs and benefits of cervical screening. III. Cost/benefit analysis of a call of previously unscreened women
Author(s) -
WAUGH N.,
SMITH I.,
ROBERTSON A.,
REID G. S.,
HALKERSTON R.,
GRANT A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1996.40182401.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical screening , population , value (mathematics) , gynecology , cost–benefit analysis , demography , environmental health , statistics , cervical cancer , mathematics , sociology , biology , ecology , cancer
A population‐based cervical screening programme issued invitations to women with no record of a previous smear. This call was very good value, at £5780 per life saved or £159 per life‐year saved at 1991 prices. The first priority for the cervical screening service should be comprehensive coverage.