Health State Utilities Associated with False-Positive Cancer Screening Results.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early cancer detection can significantly improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality rates. Novel cancer screening approaches, including multi-cancer early detection tests, have been developed. Cost-utility analyses will be needed to examine their value, and these models require health state utilities. The purpose of this study was to estimate the disutility (i.e., decrease in health state utility) associated with false-positive cancer screening results.

Methods

In composite time trade-off interviews using a 1-year time horizon, UK general population participants valued 10 health state vignettes describing cancer screening with true-negative or false-positive results. Each false-positive vignette described a common diagnostic pathway following a false-positive

SUBMITTER: Matza LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature