COSTS AND BENEFITS OF CERVICAL SCREENING .1. THE COSTS OF THE CERVICAL SCREENING-PROGRAM

In 1991, the average total Health Service cost of a cervical smear, in cluding follow up at the colposcopy clinic, was almost pound 22.70 in the Perth and Kinross district of Scotland. The average cost per colpo scopy clinic visit was pound 30. The main cost elements were in genera l practice (55% of total) and the laboratory (33%), and most of the co st was for staff time.