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To the Editor: Dr Denny and colleagues¹ reported the safety and efficacy of a resource-appropriate approach for cervical cancer screening designed for less-developed countries. This is important because although cervical cancer incidence has decreased significantly in recent decades in economically developed countries, it has remained a major social and economic burden in low-resource countries.²

The introduction of appropriate screening methods and strategies available for low-income women and low-resource countries has become an important challenge in terms of safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness in Hungary, which is considered to have a transitional or developing economy. The National Health Insurance Fund Administration, the health care financing agency in Hungary, conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of cervical cancer screening (including cytologic testing and colposcopy).³ Although the cost per life-year saved was considered to be acceptable, it remained necessary to analyze the budget impact of such a screening program.

We compared the 2001 national treatment cost . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Imre Boncz, MD, MSc
boncz.i@oep.hu
Department of Health Policy
National Health Insurance Fund Administration
Budapest, Hungary

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