Long-term evaluation of benefits, harms, and cost-effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in Australia: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Jie-Bin Lew, MPH (Author), Prof D James B St John, DMedSci (Author), Xiang-Ming Xu, MPH (Author), Marjolein J E Greuter, PhD (Author), Michael Caruana, DPhil (Author), Dayna R Cenin, MPH (Author), Emily He, MBBS MPH (Author), Marion Saville, MBChB (Author), Paul Grogan (Author), Veerle M H Coupé, PhD (Author), Prof Karen Canfell, DPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: No assessment of the National Bowel Screening Program (NBCSP) in Australia, which considers all downstream benefits, costs, and harms, has been done. We aimed to use a comprehensive natural history model and the most recent information about cancer treatment costs to estimate long-term b...