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. 2014 Mar 29;25(6):647–658. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0366-6

Table 2.

Model parameters associated with the awareness campaign

Awareness campaign parameters Mean Source
Increased presentation rates stage A 10 % Pilot campaign data [7]
Increased presentation rates stage B 10 % Pilot campaign data [7]
Increased presentation rates stage C 10 % Pilot campaign data [7]
Increased presentation rates stage D 10 % Pilot campaign data [7]
Duration of increase in presentation rates (months) 1 Pilot campaign data [7]
Increased screening uptake rate 0 NHS cancer screening 2012
Cost of campaign per person £0.14 Department of Health 2012
Cost of GP visit (12 min consultation) £36 Curtis 2010
Average cost of secondary care attendance for suspected lower GI cancer £200 Costs from NHS reference costs 2011, probabilities from Tappenden [24]
Additional GP attendances per person 0.0014 Pilot campaign data [7]
Additional secondary care appointments per person 1.52606E−05 Pilot campaign data [7]
Proportion of additional visits which are extra 0.5 Assumption
Cost of additional GP and secondary care attendances £0.026 Calculated from other parameters