title: Health economics evaluation of a gastric cancer early detection and treatment program in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To use health economics methodology to assess the screening program on gastric cancer in Zhuanghe, China, so as to provide the basis for health decision on expanding the program of early detection and treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  The expense of an early detection and treatment program for gastric cancer in patients found by screening, and also costs of traditional treatment in a hospital of Zhuanghe were assessed. Three major techniques of medical economics, namely cost-effective analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-utility analysis (CUA), were used to assess the screening program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RESULTS from CEA showed that investing every 25, 235 Yuan on screening program in Zhuanghe area, one gastric cancer patient could be saved. Data from CUA showed that it was cost 1, 370 Yuan per QALY saved. RESULTS from CBA showed that: the total cost was 1,945,206 Yuan with a benefit as 8,669,709 Yuan and an CBR of 4.46.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The early detection and treatment program of gastric cancer appears economic and society-beneficial. We suggest that it should be carry out in more high risk areas for gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China E-mail : bszhou@mail.cmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Bao-Sen
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000379:methods; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy