Cost Effectiveness of Rescreening Cervicovaginal Smears
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Cost effectiveness of rescreening cervicovaginal smears.
Although cytology laboratories are mandated to rescreen at least 10% of cervicovaginal smears, there is no uniform national rescreening practice. Follow-up data for 16,188 rescreened cervicovaginal smears were studied and decision analysis was performed to determine an optimal rescreening strategy. High-grade dysplasia was detected in 0.40% of women with a history of cervical disease and in 0.0...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0002-9173,1943-7722
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.5.601