Fecal immunochemical testing in colorectal cancer screening of average risk individuals economic evaluation

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ISBN: 9781926680262 (print)
ISBN: 9781926680279 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 electronic text (iv, 19 p.) : ill., digital file.
remote
Computer data.
electronic resource
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health = Agence canadienne des médicaments et des technologies de la santé, 2009

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-19).
Formatted Contents Note:	Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Context and policy issues -- 2. Research question -- 3. Methods -- 3.1. Types of economic evaluation -- 3.2. Modelling -- 3.3. Target population -- 3.4. Comparators -- 3.5. Effectiveness. 3.5.1. Data considerations -- 3.6. Accuracy of colorectal cancer screening modalities. 3.6.1. FIT -- 3.7. Resource use and costs. 3.7.1. Fecal occult blood test; 3.7.2. Fecal immunochemical testing; 3.7.3. Colonoscopy -- 4. Results: economic evaluation -- 4.1. Base-case analysis -- 4.2. Sensitivity analysis -- 4.3. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Strengths and weaknesses of this assessment -- 7. Conclusions -- 8. References.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.