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BMC Public Health ; 17(1): 194, 2017 02 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28196467

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study is to carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis of three different interventions to promote the uptake of screening for cervical cancer in general practice in the county of Valles Occidental, Barcelona, Spain. METHODS: Women aged from 30 to 70 years (n = 15,965) were asked to attend a general practice to be screened. They were randomly allocated to one of four groups: no intervention group (NIG); one group where women received an invitation letter to participate in the screening (IG1); one group where women received an invitation letter and informative leaflet (IG2); and one group where women received an invitation letter, an informative leaflet and a phone call reminder (IG3). Clinical effectiveness was measured as the percentage increase in screening coverage. A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed from the perspective of the public health system with a time horizon of three to five years - the duration of the randomised controlled clinical trial. In addition, a deterministic sensitivity analysis was performed. Results are presented according to different age groups. RESULTS: The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for the most cost-effective intervention, IG1, compared with opportunistic screening was € 2.78 per 1% increase in the screening coverage. The age interval with the worst results in terms of efficiency was women aged < 40 years. CONCLUSIONS: In a population like Catalonia, with around 2 million women aged 30 to 70 years and assuming that 40% of these women were not attending general practice to be screened for cervical cancer, the implementation of an intervention to increase screening coverage which consists of sending a letter would cost on average less than € 490 for every 1000 women. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01373723 .


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Mass Screening/economics , Patient Acceptance of Health Care , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/prevention & control , Adult , Aged , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Spain , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/economics , Women's Health Services/economics , Women's Health Services/organization & administration
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