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. 2019 Aug 9;20(8):1261–1269. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01094-7

Table 3.

Cost differences per screened woman when adding costs at different stages, adjusted for radiologist effects

Difference in costs: DBT to DM (Euro (€), 95% CI)
Empirical results 50% reduction in storage and connectivity costs 30% reduction in additional price of tomo-equipped mammograph No additional examination time, 20% reduction in total reading time DBT
Incremental screening costs €8.5 (8.4 to 8.6) €6.4 (6.3 to 6.5) €8.1 (8.0 to 8.2) €6.1 (6.0 to 6.2)
Adding recall costs €6.2 (4.6 to 7.9) €4.1 (2.4 to 5.8) €5.8 (4.1 to 7.5) €3.8 (2.1 to 5.5)
Adding treatment costs €9.8 (–56 to 74) €7.8 (–60 to 74) €9.4 (–59 to 73) €7.5 (–60 to 74)
Removing 30 patients with costs > €40,000 €26.3 (–17 to 70) €24.3 (–18 to 67) €25.9 (–17 to 69) €24.0 (–20 to 67)

DBT digital breast tomosynthesis and synthetic mammography; DM digital mammography; 95% CI 95% bootstrap percentile confidence interval