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. 2020 Jul 13;20:645. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07085-9

Table 1.

Resources required per screened woman by intervention arm, with associated costs in 2019 (€ 1 = 10.5912 SEK)

Pap smear (n = 18,393) HPV self-sampling (n = 17,997)
Unit Cost (€) Units Costs (€) Units Costs (€)
Primary screening
 Pap smear cytological analysis 25 6364 159,100
 Midwife appointment for sampling 98 6364 623,672
 First HPV self-sampling kit, return and HPV test (including postal fees) 27 7997 215,919
 2nd HPV self-sampling kit, return and HPV test (including postal fees) 27 501 13,527
Total cost of primary screening 782,772 229,446
 Screened women 6364 7997
 Abnormal cytology in need of clinical follow-up 222
 2nd HPV-positive in need of clinical follow-up 355
 Incremental effect (screened women) 1633
 Cost per screened woman 123 29
 ICER per extra screened woman − 339
Clinical follow-up
 Pap smear cytological analysis 25 238 5950 428 10,700
 HPV analysis* 38 173 6574 46 1748
 Midwife appointment for sampling 98 166 16,268 4 392
 Colposcopy appointment 470 114 53,580 384 180,480
 Biopsy histological analysis 147 114 16,758 367 53,949
Total cost of clinical follow-up 99,130 247,269
Total cost of primary screening + clinical follow-up 881,902 476,715
 CIN2+ 68 175
 Incremental effect (CIN2+) 107
 Cost per woman with CIN2+ 12,969 2724
 ICER per extra detected woman with CIN2+ − 3787
Sensitivity analysis HPV vs. Pap smear (ICER per extra detected woman with CIN2+)
Efficacy parameters
  Participation rate + 25% Pap smear 7955 −5451
  Participation rate + 25% HPV self-sampling − 3124 9996
  Participation rate − 25% Pap smear 4773 −111
  Participation rate − 25% HPV self-sampling − 4129 5998
Screening cost variation
  HPV self-sampling + 25% 34 − 3092
  HPV self-sampling −25% 20 − 4160
  Pap smear cytological analysis + 25% 32 − 3990
  Pap smear cytological analysis −25% 19 − 3262
  Midwife appointment + 25% 122 − 5076
  Midwife appointment −25% 73 − 2176
  Midwife appointment −50% 49 − 727

*Total cost of HPV test including HPV kit and analysis performed at the HPV laboratory, Uppsala University and transfer of the results to the database at the Department of Cytology and Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital