Costs of colorectal cancer screening in Sweden: an observational, longitudinal cost description.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programmes have been implemented worldwide, but the evidence of the economic consequences of screening programmes relies on data from short-term trials. The aim of this paper was to describe the costs of CRC screening in a population-based screening programme, using administrative real-world data. Specifically, we aimed to estimate the annual costs of the screening programme and the total costs of the full programme over five consecutive screening rounds.

Methods

The CRC screening programme of Stockholm-Gotland, Sweden, targeted all resident men and women aged 60-69 years for biennial screening. The screening strategy was faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) sent to individuals' home addresses, with a positive test result leading to

SUBMITTER: Johansson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667418 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature