Cost-effectiveness of strategies to increase screening coverage for cervical cancer in Spain: the CRIVERVA study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study is to carry out a cost-effectiveness analysis of three different interventions to promote the uptake of screening for cervical cancer in general practice in the county of Valles Occidental, Barcelona, Spain.

Methods

Women aged from 30 to 70 years (n = 15,965) were asked to attend a general practice to be screened. They were randomly allocated to one of four groups: no intervention group (NIG); one group where women received an invitation letter to participate in the screening (IG1); one group where women received an invitation letter and informative leaflet (IG2); and one group where women received an invitation letter, an informative leaflet and a phone call reminder (IG3). Clinical effectiveness was measured as the percentage increase in scr

SUBMITTER: Trapero-Bertran M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5309977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature