Health technology assessment on cervical cancer screening, 2000-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to conduct a review of health technology assessments (HTAs) in cervical cancer screening to highlight the most common metrics HTA agencies use to evaluate and recommend cervical cancer screening technologies.

Methods

The Center for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), MedLine, and national HTA agency databases were searched using keywords ("cervical cancer screening" OR "cervical cancer" OR "cervical screening") and "HTA" from January 2000 to October 2014. Non-English language reports without English summaries, non-HTA reports, HTAs unrelated to a screening intervention and HTAs without sufficient summaries available online were excluded. We used various National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) methods to extract key assessmen

SUBMITTER: Lahue BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4535324 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature