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. 2009 Oct 8;339:b3884. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3884

Table 3.

 Cost effectiveness of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and revised screening strategies*

Strategy† Cervical‡
(100% efficacy)
All HPV related conditions in women and men§
50% efficacy¶ 75% efficacy** (boys only) 90% efficacy††
(boys only)
No vaccination+screening every three years
Vaccination of girls aged 12+screening every three years 37 940 17 560 11 930 11 930
No vaccination+screening every two years Dominated Dominated Dominated Dominated
Vaccination of girls and boys aged 12+screening every three years Not cost effective 131 010 122 680 88 930
Vaccination of girls aged 12+screening every two years 190 780 Dominated Dominated Dominated
Vaccination of girls and boys aged 12+screening every two years 390 440 220 940 212 910 220 940

*Values represent incremental cost effectiveness ratios (additional cost divided by additional health benefit compared with next less costly strategy) expressed as cost ($) per quality adjusted life year. Costs expressed in 2006 dollars. Strategies are listed in order of increasing costs; those that are “dominated” are more costly and less effective than another strategy; those that are “not cost effective” are less cost effective (have higher cost effectiveness ratios) than a more costly strategy.

†Strategies vary by vaccination (no vaccination, vaccination of 12 year old girls alone, vaccination of 12 year old girls and boys at 75% coverage) and screening (every two or three years using cytology with HPV DNA testing for triage starting at age 25, with a switch to combined cytology and HPV DNA testing at age 35).

‡Includes outcomes related to cervical disease only and assumes 100% lifelong vaccine efficacy against HPV 16 and HPV 18 related cervical disease.

§Includes outcomes related to cervical disease and other HPV 16 and HPV 18 related cancers, and HPV 6 and HPV 11 related genital warts and juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis among women and men.

¶Assumes 50% lifelong vaccine efficacy against HPV 16 and HPV 18 related non-cervical cancers, and HPV 6 and HPV 11 related genital warts among men and juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, and 100% lifelong vaccine efficacy against HPV 16 and HPV 18 related cervical disease and HPV 6 and HPV 11 related genital warts among women.

**Assumes 75% lifelong vaccine efficacy against all vaccine type health conditions among men and 100% lifelong vaccine efficacy against all vaccine type health conditions among women.

††Assumes 90% lifelong vaccine efficacy against all vaccine type health conditions among men and 100% lifelong vaccine efficacy against all vaccine type health conditions among women.