Incremental net benefit and acceptability of alternative health policies: A case study of mass screening for colorectal cancer

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-250

  Chauvin, Pauline ^a   Josselin, Jean Michel ^a   Heresbach, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Computed tomography colonoscopy; Cost effectiveness; Fecal occult blood test; Incremental net benefit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CASE STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861181561     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-011-0300-8     Document Type: Article

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