Dachuang Zhou, Di Zhang, Yi Wang, Kejia Zhou, Wenxi Tang
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Strategies were assessed and selected based on the World Health Organization's (WHO) cervical cancer elimination target (incidence < 4 per 100,000), cost-effectiveness threshold (Incremental cost effectiveness ratio [ICER] < one-time China's 2023 per capita GDP), and current cervical cancer prevention budget in China. We conducted one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses, and considered potential price reductions from centralized procurement to assess the robustness of the results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with no intervention, 16 strategies could achieve cervical cancer elimination by 2050, 29 were highly cost-effective, and 11 were affordable. Overall, only screening women aged 35-64 using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) combined with bivalent vaccination for girls aged 9-14 met all criteria. This strategy could achieve cervical cancer elimination by 2041, with an ICER of US$2,543.91 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), and was deemed affordable. 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Optimizing strategy for cervical cancer prevention in china: a comprehensive modeling analysis.
Background: With the first domestic 9-valent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine soon to be introduced in China, alongside advancements in cervical cancer screening technologies, we aimed to evaluate and identify effective, cost-effective, and affordable cervical cancer prevention strategies suitable for China.
Methods: We developed a Markov model from the healthcare system perspective, comprising 18 ages strata and 9 health states, to predict the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and affordability of 38 different cervical cancer prevention strategies over the next 30 years, compared with no intervention. The model parameters were calibrated using least-squares fitting against real-world data and simulation results for the no-intervention scenario. Strategies were assessed and selected based on the World Health Organization's (WHO) cervical cancer elimination target (incidence < 4 per 100,000), cost-effectiveness threshold (Incremental cost effectiveness ratio [ICER] < one-time China's 2023 per capita GDP), and current cervical cancer prevention budget in China. We conducted one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses, and considered potential price reductions from centralized procurement to assess the robustness of the results.
Results: Compared with no intervention, 16 strategies could achieve cervical cancer elimination by 2050, 29 were highly cost-effective, and 11 were affordable. Overall, only screening women aged 35-64 using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) combined with bivalent vaccination for girls aged 9-14 met all criteria. This strategy could achieve cervical cancer elimination by 2041, with an ICER of US$2,543.91 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY), and was deemed affordable. Sensitivity analysis indicated the results were robust. If price reductions from centralized procurement were considered, CareHPV, PAP, and 9-valent HPV vaccination could become attractive alternatives.
Conclusion: Screening women aged 35-64 with VIA and vaccinating girls aged 9-14 with the bivalent HPV vaccine is currently the most suitable cervical cancer prevention strategy for China. In scenarios with larger budgets, more accurate screening methods and the 9-valent HPV vaccine could be introduced. Our study provides crucial evidence for cervical cancer prevention and control policy in China.
期刊介绍:
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers manuscripts on all aspects of cost-effectiveness analysis, including conceptual or methodological work, economic evaluations, and policy analysis related to resource allocation at a national or international level. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is aimed at health economists, health services researchers, and policy-makers with an interest in enhancing the flow and transfer of knowledge relating to efficiency in the health sector. Manuscripts are encouraged from researchers based in low- and middle-income countries, with a view to increasing the international economic evidence base for health.