Screening for Cancers of the Cervix and Breast

Modeling Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening in Hungary

“…The incremental cost of screening divided by the avoided death cases resulted in 16.6 to 33.8 million HUF per life gained. On the basis of a British study, the authors assumed that one avoided death case could result in 23 additional life-years [19]; therefore, one life-year gain can be achieved at 0.7 to 1.5 million HUF incremental cost. As the methodology and the assumptions of that cost-effectiveness analysis, especially the calculation of life-years gained and the constant treatment cost, were subject to criticism, the Ministry of Health initiated an economic evaluation of intensified cervical screening in a disease state economic model under the leadership of the Institute of Healthcare Quality Improvement and Hospital Engineering.…”