| | | |
Population (n)
|
Estimated number of eligible subjects a(n)
|
Cost of posting a reminder to one person(US dollarsb/person)
|
Cost of posting reminders to all subjects (thousand US dollarsb)
|
Attendance rate improvement attributed to patient remindersc(%)
|
Increase in the number of screening tests attributed to patient reminders (n)
|
Incremental cost per additional screening (US dollarsb)
|
Cost of increasing attendance rate by 1% (US dollarsb)
|
|---|
|
Breast cancer screening
|
Population fewer than 50 000
|
25%
|
6,917
|
2,041
|
1.5
|
3.1
|
1.5
|
31
|
100
|
2,041
|
|
Median
|
14,926
|
4,403
|
1.5
|
6.6
|
1.5
|
66
|
100
|
4,403
|
|
75%
|
28,501
|
8,408
|
1.5
|
12.6
|
1.5
|
126
|
100
|
8,408
|
|
Population between 50 000 and 100 000
|
25%
|
57,566
|
16,982
|
1.5
|
25.5
|
2.76
|
469
|
54
|
9,229
|
|
Median
|
67,181
|
19,818
|
1.5
|
29.7
|
2.76
|
547
|
54
|
10,771
|
|
75%
|
80,255
|
23,675
|
1.5
|
35.5
|
2.76
|
653
|
54
|
12,867
|
|
Cervical cancer screening
|
Population fewer than 50 000
|
25%
|
6,917
|
2,041
|
1.5
|
3.1
|
1.01
|
21
|
149
|
3,030
|
|
Median
|
14,926
|
4,403
|
1.5
|
6.6
|
1.01
|
44
|
149
|
6,539
|
|
75%
|
28,501
|
8,408
|
1.5
|
12.6
|
1.01
|
85
|
149
|
12,487
|
|
Population between 50 000 and 100 000
|
25%
|
57,566
|
16,982
|
1.5
|
25.5
|
2.25
|
382
|
67
|
11,321
|
|
Median
|
67,181
|
19,818
|
1.5
|
29.7
|
2.25
|
446
|
67
|
13,212
|
|
75%
|
80,255
|
23,675
|
1.5
|
35.5
|
2.25
|
533
|
67
|
15,783
|
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aBreast cancer screening is offered to women older than 40 years (29.5% of the population), and cervical cancer screening to women older than 20 years (42.3% of the population).
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b1 US dollar =100 yen.
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cAttendance rate improvement attributed to patient reminders was calculated in Table 3.
