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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Care Manag Sci. 2012 Dec;15(4):293–309. doi: 10.1007/s10729-012-9195-x

Table 6.

Previously published prostate-cancer screening policies taken from Ross et al. [47]

Label Policy
A No screening
B 40–75 (every 5 years): 4.0
C 50–75 (every 2 years): 4.0
D 50–59: 3.5; 60–69: 4.5; 70–75: 6.5
E 50–75: 4.0
F 50–75: 2.5
G 40, 45, 50–75 (every 2 years): 4.0
H 40, 45, 50–75: 4.0

Descriptions follow this format: age(s) in years for PSA testing, colon, threshold in ng/mL; multiple descriptions separated by semicolon. Screening frequency over age intervals is annual unless otherwise stated. Labels in this table are referred to only in graphs