Population Health and Health Inequality Impacts of the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) in England.

ABSTRACT: PurposeWe conducted a distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) using routinely collected data to estimate the population health and health inequality impacts of the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) in England.MethodsAn existing discrete event simulation model of AAA screening was adapted to examine differences between socioeconomic groups defined by Index of Multiple Deprivation, obtained from an analysis of secondary data sources. We examined the distributional cost-effectiveness of being invited versus not invited at age 65 y to screen using a National Health Service perspective. Changes in inequality were valued using a measure of equally distributed equivalent health.ResultsThe net health benefits of population screening (317 quality-adjusted lif

SUBMITTER: Premji S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12769921 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature