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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Takuro Shimbo ,
Henry A. Glick  and
John M. Eisenberg
Takuro Shimbo
Affiliation:
Second Tokyo National Hospital
Henry A. Glick
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
John M. Eisenberg
Affiliation:
Georgetown University
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Abstract

To determine the cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening strategies in Japan and to determine the influence of long-term compliance with screening programs on the selection of strategies, the natural history of a simulated cohort of 40-year-old Japanese of both genders was modeled with and without colorectal cancer screening until age 75 years. Survival, number of complications, and direct medical costs were compared among several combinations of screening examinations. In addition, the age of initiating screening was varied, as was the long-term compliance rate. Strategies using immunoiogical fecal occult blood test were found to be the most cost-effective. Immunological fecal occult blood test followed by colonoscopy, if positive, would save 24.05 (5.88 discounted) days of life and cost 28,420 yen (US $210) per screened person, thus offering a cost-effectiveness ratio of 1.765 million yen (US $13,100) per year of life saved. If long-term compliance is 100%, initiating screening at age 40 years offers more years of life saved and a low incremental cost of screening. However, if more likely dropout rates are considered, initiation at age 40 years is dominated by later initiation of screening.

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Special Section: Assessing Nursing and Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , Summer 1994 , pp. 359 - 375
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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