Swiss Medical Board Mammography screening predictions for Switzerland: Importance of time-periods
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Swiss Medical Board Mammography screening predictions for Switzerland: importance of time-periods.
OBJECTIVES In 2013, the Swiss Medical Board (SMB) concluded that for three breast cancer screens over 13 years in Switzerland, cost-effectiveness was negative, with no additional benefits in quality-adjusted life-years gained. We compared these suggested predicted effects with other estimates. METHODS We used an extensively validated model on the natural history of breast cancer in Switzerlan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Screening
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0969-1413,1475-5793
DOI: 10.1177/0969141315586639