APPENDIX 3A. total population (uniform).
Efficient screening policies characterized by age range, screening interval and number of scheduled examinations and expressed as the 3% discounted life-time costs and life-expectancy of the policy.
| Policy | Resources and benefits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of scheduled exams | Interval between exams (years) | Age range | Costs ($)*,† | Life-expectancy at age 40* |
| 1 | n.a. | 70-70 | 1,701 | 22.4063 |
| 1 | n.a. | 65-65 | 1,720 | 22.4120 |
| 1 | n.a. | 64-64 | 1,725 | 22.4131 |
| 1 | n.a. | 63-63 | 1,731 | 22.4142 |
| 1 | n.a. | 62-62 | 1,737 | 22.4151 |
| 1 | n.a. | 61-61 | 1,747 | 22.4158 |
| 2 | 14 | 60-74 | 1,827 | 22.4213 |
| 2 | 14 | 59-73 | 1,845 | 22.4223 |
| 2 | 14 | 58-72 | 1,866 | 22.4233 |
| 3 | 9 | 57-75 | 2,010 | 22.4282 |
| 3 | 10 | 53-73 | 2,125 | 22.4315 |
| 3 | 9 | 53-71 | 2,151 | 22.4322 |
| 4 | 8 | 52-76 | 2,301 | 22.4353 |
| 4 | 8 | 51-75 | 2,349 | 22.4362 |
| 5 | 6 | 51-75 | 2,563 | 22.4390 |
| 5 | 7 | 47-75 | 2,733 | 22.4407 |
| 6 | 6 | 47-77 | 2,923 | 22.4426 |
| 7 | 5 | 48-78 | 3,077 | 22.4436 |
| 7 | 5 | 47-77 | 3,170 | 22.4441 |
| 8 | 5 | 47-82 | 3,223 | 22.4443 |
| 8 | 5 | 46-81 | 3,329 | 22.4448 |
| 8 | 5 | 43-78 | 3,659 | 22.4462 |
| 9 | 5 | 43-83 | 3,707 | 22.4464 |
| 10 | 5 | 43-88 | 3,732 | 22.4465 |
| 10 | 5 | 42-87 | 3,860 | 22.4466 |
*
Average of results for population subgroups, weighted by size of population subgroup
†
Lifetime per person cost for CRC screening and treatment after age 40