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Table 6 Estimates of costs in 2002 prices, health benefits and cost-effectiveness from Bolin et al. [10], assuming a 10-year dwell time

From: Re-interpreting the data on the cost and effectiveness of population screening for colorectal cancer in Australia

Strategy Cost ($) Incremental changes in cost ($) Effectiveness (LYG) Incremental changes in effectiveness (LYG) Average cost-effectiveness ratio ($) Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio ($)
  (a) (b) (c) (d) (a)/(c) (b)/(d)
EXISTING PRACTICE 0   0   (Undefined)  
FOBT 24,429,089 24,429,089 352 352 69,401 69,401
FOBT20 31,633,953 7,204,864 558 206 56,692 34,975
FOBT15 37,620,230 5,986,277 681 123 55,243 48,669
FOBT10 47,472,852 9,852,622 951 270 49,919 36,491
FOBT5 75,561,379 28,088,527 1,674 723 45,138 38,850
FSIG 102,900,905 27,339,526 1,222 -452 84,207 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT3 105,521,804 29,960,425 2,605 931 40,507 32,181
FSIG20 120,362,301 14,840,497 1,892 -713 63,616 (Simply Dominated)
FSIG15 131,780,307 26,258,503 2,294 -311 57,446 (Simply Dominated)
DCBE 134,697,657 29,175,853 1,896 -709 71,043 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT2 140,117,791 34,595,987 3,551 946 39,459 36,571
FSIG10 148,850,170 8,732,379 3,127 -424 47,602 (Simply Dominated)
DCBE20 158,390,199 18,272,408 2,939 -612 53,893 (Simply Dominated)
DCBE15 173,448,383 33,330,592 3,566 15 48,639 2,222,039
COL 190,862,405 17,414,022 2,368 -1,198 80,601 (Simply Dominated)
DCBE10 194,089,298 20,640,915 4,778 1,212 40,621 17,030
FSIG5 204,328,539 10,239,241 3,583 -1,195 57,027 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT1 224,367,390 30,278,092 5,271 493 42,566 61,416
DCBE5 248,112,291 23,744,901 6,023 752 41,194 31,576
COL10 265,297,565 17,185,274 5,970 -53 44,438 (Simply Dominated)
FSIG3 270,484,399 22,372,108 3,993 -2,030 67,740 (Simply Dominated)
DCBE3 304,301,903 56,189,612 6,720 697 45,283 80,616
COL5 357,822,831 53,520,928 6,583 -137 54,356 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT1+FSIG5 361,026,560 56,724,657 6,344 -376 56,908 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT1+DCBE5 370,181,240 65,879,337 7,076 356 52,315 185,054
FOBT1+FSIG3 417,677,588 47,496,348 6,457 -619 64,686 (Simply Dominated)
FOBT1+DCBE3 422,777,702 52,596,462 7,299 223 57,923 235,859
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