Cost-effectiveness of the vaccine against human papillomavirus in the brazilian Amazon region

OBJECTIVE: To assess the cost-utility of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on the prevention of cervical cancer in the Brazilian Amazon region. METHODS: AMarkov cohort modelwas developed to simulate the natural evolution of HPV and its progress to cervical cancer, considering the current pr...

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Main Authors: Allex Jardim da Fonseca, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Giacomo Balbinotto Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2013-10-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302013000500009&lng=en&tlng=en