Boncz I, Hoffer G, Sándor J, Sebestyén A, Dózsa C; Health Technology Assessment International. Meeting (1st : 2004 : Krakow, Poland).
Proc One HTA Health Technol Assess Int Meet 1st 2004 Krakow Pol. 2004; 1: 286.
National Health Insurance Fund, Budapest, Hungary.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of the Hungarian nation wide breast cancer screening programme and to calculate the cost of reaching 1 cancer case. METHODS: The data were derived from the financial database of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) based on routinely collected data. The analysis involved women who had a mammography screening in 2002. Diagnosis and treatment events occuring up to April 2003 were included. The exchange rate applied was 1 euro (EUR) = 240 Hungarian Forint (HUF) RESULTS: Within the organized breast cancer screening programme, 315,212 women had mammography screening in 2002 and 23,249 (7,4 %) had further examination after recall. Altogether, 2,538 patients (0,8 % of screened women) had any kind of surgical operation. The NHIF spent approximately 1 billion HUF (4,17 million EUR) for mammography screening and 100 million HUF (0.45 million EUR) for further diagnosis of recalled women. The costs of therapy were as follows: operation 261.3 million HUF (1,09 million EUR), radiotherapy 443.8 million HUF (1.85 million EUR), chemotherapy 305.4 million HUF (1.27 million EUR). Total costs of the program reached 2.1 billion HUF (8.83 million EUR). The diagnosis of 1 cancer case costs 433,440 HUF (1806 EUR) and the cost per case including treatment costs could reach 827,520 HUF (3,448 EUR). DISCUSSION: Policy makers should keep in mind that the costs of programmes now are an investment in health and the results can be seen in a couple of years, as a return on earlier investments.
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Keywords:
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Female
- Health Care Costs
- Humans
- Mammography
- Mass Screening
- National Health Programs
- Weights and Measures
- diagnosis
- economics
- radiography
- hsrmtgs
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