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Table 5 One-way sensitivity analyses comparing cervical cancer screening only and cervical cancer screening associated with a quadrivalent HPV vaccination programme

From: Adding a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine to the UK cervical cancer screening programme: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Parameters

ICER (£/QALYs)

ICER (£/LYs)

Base case

21,059

34,687

Vaccine duration

  

10 years

68,417

116,743

10 years + booster to achieve lifetime protection

26,782

44,114

20 years

30,777

52,578

Multiple infections

  

15%

24,085

39,842

Vaccine efficacy

  

85%

25,081

40,831

Vaccine coverage

  

50%

21,581

34,426

Screening coverage rate

  

-50%

16,266.

35,476

-10%

19,926

34,681

Screening, diagnosis and treatment costs

  

-20%

21,717

35,771

+20%

20,401

33,602

Vaccine costs

  

70 £

19,450

32,036

80 £

22,668

37,337

Utilities

  

25% decrease for screening utilities; 1-year duration for time with cancer

25,600

 

25% increase in time with disease; 5-year duration for time with cancer

19,840

 

Cancer utilities only (5 year duration)

27,954

 

Discount rates

  

0% costs; 0% medical benefit

3,123

4,122

3% costs; 3% medical benefit

17,089

27,066

3,5% costs; 1,5% medical benefit

9,653

13,797

5% costs; 5% medical benefit

36,618

68,760

Multivariate Sensitivity Analyses

  

10 years duration, 50% coverage, 85% efficacy

84,925

140,705

Lifetime duration, 90% coverage, 100% efficacy

20,316

33,752

Changes to Screening (assuming base case assumptions for the vaccine)

  

Screening every 5 years starting at age 25

13,449

36,712

Screening starting at age 26

20,724

34,441

Screening starting at age 28

16,527

34,153

Screening starting at age 30

13,680

34,989

  1. Base case discount rate: 3.5% for costs and medical benefits