Cost-benefit determinations in screening mammography
- 1 October 1987
- Vol. 60 (S1) , 1680-1683
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19871001)60:1+<1680::aid-cncr2820601206>3.0.co;2-w
Abstract
A cost-benefit analysis clearly shows that the costs for screening a large population of asymptomatic women are well within the cost-benefit range accepted for other areas within the medical care system. Reduction in cancer deaths is not easy to come by. When a method is available which can achieve this result, every effort should be made to make it available until it can be replaced satisfactorily with a less expensive, equally effective method.Keywords
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