A half million pounds per life saved ???
Where is EBM when we really need them ??
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> From: Ahmad Risk <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Patient Results
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 11:42 AM
>
> On 02/25/98 09:31:52, [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> >Cynic mode on: is the smear progam worth £70M(?) per year?
> >When death rates in our district are down to 10-15 per year?
> >When the number of false positives in my practice seems like one a
> >week?
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> Put differently, it costs 4-500,000 pounds/life saved
>
> Compare with a kidney dialysis programme, for example, where it costs
> 35,000/life saved.
>
> Ahmad
>
> "The Future is in Beta"
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