Assessing the gain in diagnostic performance when two visual inspection methods are combined for cervical cancer prevention

Abstract

At the trade-off point between the combined test and VIA alone or VILI alone, given the numbers of additional FP results involved for each additional TP case of disease that were found, it would be more likely that settings already using VIA would advocate combined testing, and for settings using VILI to opt for the single test. The additional costs (per 1000 women) incurred with the combined test would be International 4117.68 dollars versus either of the tests above.