ArticleIranian journal of cancer prevention2016
Cost-Effectiveness of Three Rounds of Mammography Breast Cancer Screening in Iranian Women.
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- Cancer prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates in Afghanistan in 2020: A review study.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Cost-effectiveness evaluation of risk-based breast cancer screening in Urban Hebei Province.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening in Shiraz, Iran.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Status of breast cancer screening strategies and indicators in Iran: A scoping review.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- Incidence of household catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures among patients with Breast Cancer in Iran.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Cost- Effectiveness of Mammography Screening Program in a Resource-Limited Post-Soviet Country of Kazakhstan.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2019Article
- Cost-effectiveness of risk-based breast cancer screening programme, China.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreast cancer is the most common cancer in Iranian women as is worldwide. Mammography screening has been introduced as a beneficial method for reducing mortality and morbidity of this disease.
objectivesWe developed an analytical model to assess the cost effectiveness of an organized mammography screening program in Iran for early detection of the breast cancer. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis study is an economic evaluation of mammography screening program among Iranian woman aged 40 - 70 years. A decision tree and Markov model were applied to estimate total quality adjusted life years (QALY) and lifetime costs.
resultsThe results revealed that the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) of mammography screening in Iranian women in the first round was Int. $ 37,350 per QALY gained. The model showed that the ICER in the second and third rounds of screening program were Int. $ 141,641 and Int. $ 389,148 respectively.
conclusionsStudy results identified that mammography screening program was cost-effective in 53% of the cases, but incremental cost per QALY in the second and third rounds of screening are much higher than the accepted payment threshold of Iranian health system. Thus, evaluation of other screening strategies would be useful to identify more cost-effective program. Future studies with new national data can improve the accuracy of our finding and provide better information for health policy makers for decision making.
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