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Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2015 May 12;77:168–173. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.05.003

Table 2.

Cost and effectiveness of screening strategies according to Khandker et al., 2002.

Strategy	Cost, USD^a	Effectiveness, LYS
No screening	1,287	18.14
Flex-sig	3,428	18.23
FOBT	4,119	18.24
Colonoscopy	5,208	18.25

USD, U.S. dollars; LYS, life-years saved; Flex-sig, flexible sigmoidoscopy; FOBT, fecal occult blood testing.

^a

Costs were adjusted and are expressed in 2013 USD.