Cost-effectiveness analysis of mammography screening in Hong Kong Chinese using state-transition Markov modelling

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPP3, 2010, Pages 38-41

  Wong, I O L ^a   Kuntz, K M ^b,c   Cowling, B J ^a   Lam, C L K ^a   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957904452     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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