对于低收入老年妇女的宫癌查的成本效益
1Department of Ambulatory Care, City Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY.
JAMA
|April 22, 1988
概括
在低收入的老年妇女中,预防性查宫癌是具有成本效益的. 通过Papanicolaou检测早期发现宫瘤可以挽救生命,延长寿命,抵消计划成本.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 妇科瘤学 妇科瘤学
背景情况:
- 讨论了针对老年人的预防政策.
- 对于低收入老年人群的预防服务,成本效益数据有限.
- 宫癌查对妇女健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估子宫癌查计划的成本效益.
- 评估帕帕尼科拉检测对老年妇女的经济影响,这些老年妇女不经常接受查.
- 为公共卫生政策提供有关弱势老年人群预防护理的信息.
主要方法:
- 对子宫癌查计划进行了成本效益分析.
- 包括在一个城市市政医院对老年妇女进行的乳腺素检测.
- 对医疗和经济因素进行敏感性分析.
主要成果:
- 在816名接受查的女性中,在11名女性中发现了异常的乳腺素检测结果.
- 查每100次检查节省了+5907和3.7个生命年.
- 成本效益是有利的,每年节省的生命为+2874.
结论:
- 针对老年人的预防计划可以具有成本效益.
- 宫癌查为低收入的老年妇女提供了显著的好处.
- 需要进一步的研究来指导针对特定老年人群的公共政策.
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