A new outcome measure for cost-utility analyses of screening programs

We show that, under some plausible assumptions, the gain in QALYs a screening program offers is a positive linear transformation of the program's sensitivity level. This result simplifies considerably the cost-utility analysis of mutually exclusive screening programs.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Moreno-Ternero, Juan D. ; Herrero, Carmen
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 9.2005, 7, p. 1-8
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	I1 - Health
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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