Cost-effectiveness analysis of the bivalent and quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccines from a societal perspective in Colombia.

OBJECTIVE: To compare costs and effectiveness of three strategies used against cervical cancer (CC) and genital warts: (i) Screening for CC; (ii) Bivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 vaccine added to screening; (iii) Quadrivalent HPV 6/11/16/18 vaccine added to screening. METHODS: A Markov mode...

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Main Authors: Johanna Aponte-González, Luisa Fajardo-Bernal, Jorge Diaz, Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Oscar Gamboa, Joel W Hay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832449?pdf=render