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) | |||
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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 |