Modelling the implications for hospital services of cervical cytology screening: a case history.
A screening programme is being introduced throughout the UK to reduce deaths from cancer of the cervix by early detection of precancerous lesions. A stochastic mathematical model has been developed in order to estimate the resource implications of this programme for hospital services in NW region. The model was developed over a period of 1 year, undergoing many changes in the process. The model has suggested operational policies for smear management and demonstrated the importance of wide coverage of the population.
D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013222:State Medicine; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D006113:United Kingdom; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears