Cost-effectiveness analysis of lung cancer screening programs: A Systematic Literature Review
Absztrakt
This review tries to investigate the effect of implementing LDCT screening in the early diagnosis of lung cancer on the QALY gains when it is compared to the usual care scenarios which are expressed as no-screening scenarios in the review, and also to address the cost-effectiveness of this method in different countries.
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Kulcsszavak
cost-effectiveness analysis, QALY, ICER, lung cancer, screening, LDCT, XRAY, cancerous lung, neoplasm, utility analysis, economic evaluation, Incremental cost