Analysis of clinical benefit, harms, and cost-effectiveness of screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Volume: 392, Issue: 10146, Pages: 487 - 495
Published: Aug 1, 2018
Abstract
A third of deaths in the UK from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are in women. In men, national screening programmes reduce deaths from AAA and are cost-effective. The benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness in offering a similar programme to women have not been formally assessed, and this was the aim of this study.We developed a decision model to assess predefined outcomes of death caused by AAA, life years, quality-adjusted life...
Paper Details
Title
Analysis of clinical benefit, harms, and cost-effectiveness of screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Published Date
Aug 1, 2018
Journal
Volume
392
Issue
10146
Pages
487 - 495
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