Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the costs and health effects of interventions to combat breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers in order to guide resource allocation decisions in developing countries.

Setting

Two World Health Organization sub-regions of the world: countries in sub-Saharan Africa with very high adult and high child mortality (AfrE); and countries in South East Asia with high adult and high child mortality (SearD).

Design

Cost effectiveness analysis of prevention and treatment strategies for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, using mathematical modelling based on a lifetime population model.

Data sources

Demographic and epidemiological data were taken from the WHO mortality and global burden of disease databases. Estimates of intervention coverage,

SUBMITTER: Ginsberg GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292522 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature