A new outcome measure for cost-utility analyses of screening programs

Herrero, C. and J.D. Moreno-Ternero
Economics Bulletin – 9.7 (2005) 1-8

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Resumen: 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.