Economic evaluation of breast MRI in screening - a systematic review and basic approach to cost-effectiveness analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic evaluations have become an accepted methodology for decision makers to allocate resources in healthcare systems. Particularly in screening, where short-term costs are associated with long-term benefits, and adverse effects of screening intermingle, cost-effectiveness analyses provide a means to estimate the economic value of screening.

Purpose

To introduce the methodology of economic evaluations and to review the existing evidence on cost-effectiveness of MR-based breast cancer screening.

Materials and methods

The various concepts and techniques of economic evaluations critical to the interpretation of cost-effectiveness analyses are briefly introduced. In a systematic review of the literature, economic evaluations from the years 2000-2022 are revi

SUBMITTER: Tollens F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10733447 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature