Open AccessCost-effectiveness analysis of population-based screening of hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparing ultrasonography with two-stage screening
Author(s) -
Ming Jeng Kuo,
Chien-Jen Chen,
Chi Ling Chen,
Jean Ching Yuan Fann,
Sam Li Sheng Chen,
Sherry Yueh Hsia Chiu,
Yu Min Lin,
ChunSheng Liao,
Hsien-Chih Chang,
Yueh Shih Lin,
Amy Ming Fang Yen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v22.i12.3460
Subject(s) - medicine , cost effectiveness , population , hepatocellular carcinoma , cost effectiveness analysis , stage (stratigraphy) , confidence interval , cost–benefit analysis , environmental health , risk analysis (engineering) , paleontology , ecology , biology
To assess the cost-effectiveness of two population-based hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) screening programs, two-stage biomarker-ultrasound method and mass screening using abdominal ultrasonography (AUS).