Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment for Cervical Cancer in Tanzania: Implications for other Sub-Saharan African Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the institutional cost per person of screening and treatment between two groups of patients-those screened and those not screened before treatment for cervical cancer at Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania-and to perform a cost-effectiveness analysis of the ORCI cervical cancer screening program.

Methods

The study included 721 screened and 333 unscreened patients treated at ORCI for cervical cancer from 2002 to 2011. We compared the cost of cervical cancer treatment per patient with life-years gained for patients screened at ORCI versus not screened.

Results

Patients with cancer were diagnosed at an earlier stage after participating in screening compared with nonparticipants. For example, 14.0% of stage I cancer patients

SUBMITTER: Nelson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123439 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature