A New Outcome Measure for Cost-Utility Analyses of Screening Programs
Economics Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 1-8, 2005
Posted: 6 Oct 2005
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Cost-utility analysis, cost-effectiveness, QALYs, screening
JEL Classification: I10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Herrero, Carmen and Moreno-Ternero, Juan D., A New Outcome Measure for Cost-Utility Analyses of Screening Programs. Economics Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp. 1-8, 2005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=812384
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