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. 2025 Nov 6;134(2):252–258. doi: 10.1038/s41416-025-03248-2

Table 1.

Within-trial imputed healthcare and societal costs: summary statistics of the healthcare and societal costs per patient by mammogram follow-up frequency.

Mammogram surveillance frequency
Arm 1: annual Arm 2: less frequent (2-yearly and 3-yearly)
Cost category Mean Median SE Mean Median SE Mean difference
Healthcare perspective
Community-based health and social care £960 £560 £1431 £1002 £682 £1206 £41
Prescribed medications £43 £0 £205 £37 £0 £182 −£6
Admitted patient care £3579 £541 £8058 £3553 £496 £8486 −£26
Outpatient care £2864 £2021 £2976 £2631 £1839 £2990 −£234
Mammograms cost £524 £576 £121 £206 £231 £100 −£319
Total healthcare costs £7971 £4434 £10,250 £7428 £3991 £10,590 −£543
Societal perspective
Non-prescribed medications £23 £0 £113 £20 £0 £92 −£3
Private and self-funded treatment £372 £0 £2237 £232 £0 £1507 −£139
Other expenses £214 £0 £1402 £172 £0 £1435 −£42
Travelling £219 £109 £370 £188 £106 £269 −£31
Parking £47 £15 £133 £44 £15 £131 −£3
Time off work £634 £0 £2641 £499 £0 £2465 −£135
Incapacity benefits £570 £0 £2819 £484 £0 £2651 −£86
Unpaid informal care £2347 £0 £7608 £1848 £0 £6031 −£499
Time off work friends’ family £150 £0 £1507 £87 £0 £840 −£63
Total societal costs £12,546 £6867 £15,864 £11,003 £5745 £14,674 −£1543