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. 2023 Mar 16;15(6):1812. doi: 10.3390/cancers15061812

Table 2.

Resource use, costs, and QALY for screening 500,122 candidates over five years.

Outcomes PGT XGT Incremental
Cancers treated 106 98 −8
CIN2/3 treated 3993 3701 −292
CIN2+ treated 4099 3799 −300
Colposcopies conducted 36,809 29,679 −7130
HPV tests conducted 540,799 543,245 2446
Cytology conducted 86,419 80,392 −6027
Clinic consultations 601,796 592,009 −9787
Cost of HPV tests SGD 62,106,581
(USD 73,848,491)
SGD 71,753,834
(USD 85,319,660)
SGD 9,647,253
(USD 11,471,169)
Cost of cytology SGD 5,953,061
(USD 7,078,551)
SGD 5,658,456
(USD 6,728,247)
−SGD 294,605
(−USD 350,303)
Cost of colposcopy SGD 14,259,917
(USD 16,955,906)
SGD 11,486,606
(USD 13,658,271)
−SGD 2,773,311
(−USD 3,297,635)
Cost of clinic consultation SGD 45,038,254
(USD 53,553,215)
SGD 44,310,726
(USD 52,688,140)
−SGD 727,528
(−USD 865,075)
Total cost SGD 145,904,751
(USD 173,489,597)
SGD 150,396,871
(USD 178,831,000)
SGD 4,492,120
(USD 5,341,403)
Total QALY loss −6528.3 −6253.88 274.42
ICER - - SGD 16,370/QALY
(USD 19,465/QALY)

Abbreviations: CIN: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV: human papillomavirus; ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; PGT: HPV partial genotyping; QALY: quality-adjusted life years; XGT: HPV extended genotyping.