Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Quality-Controlled Mammography Screening Program from the Swiss Statutory Health-Care Perspective: Quantitative Assessment of the Most Influential Factors

Quality-controlled mammography screening programs (MSP) have led to a reduction in breast cancer mortality. The purpose of this economic analysis was to assess the cost-effectiveness of MSP compared with an established opportunistic screening strategy (OS) in Switzerland, to identify the major facto...

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Published in:	Value in health Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 42 - 53
Main Authors:	Neeser, Kurt, Szucs, Thomas, Bulliard, Jean-Luc, Bachmann, Gaudenz, Schramm, Wendelin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Elsevier Inc 2007 Blackwell Publishing Inc
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Breast Neoplasms - economics Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology Cost-Benefit Analysis cost-effectiveness Female Health Care Costs health economics Humans Internal Medicine Life Expectancy Mammography - economics Mammography - standards Markov Chains Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - standards Middle Aged Models, Econometric National Health Programs Quality Assurance, Health Care Quality-Adjusted Life Years quality-controlled mammography Screening Switzenland Switzerland - epidemiology Value of Life - economics cost-effectiveness quality-controlled mammography Screening Switzenland health economics
ISSN:	1098-3015, 1524-4733
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