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(5) What is the cost of the equipment used to conduct public breast screening.

(6) What is the age of the current equipment used to conduct public breast screening.

(7) What replacement plans are there for the current equipment is use today to conduct public breast screening.

(8) What would be the cost of upgrading and replacing the current equipment in use today to conduct public breast screening.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The number of breastscreens undertaken in the ACT per calendar year was:

(a) 2010 – 11,784

(b) 2011 – 13,669

(c) 2012 – 13,850

(d) 2013 – 15,607

(e) 2014 – 15,513

(2) The cost of a public breast screen in the ACT per calendar years was:

(a) 2010 – $267

(b) 2011 – $293

(c) 2012 – $267

(d) 2013 – $238

(e) 2014 – $236

(3) The cost of providing public breast screening in the ACT per calendar year was:

(a) 2010 – $3,147,000

(b) 2011 – $4,003,000

(c) 2012 – $3,692,000

(d) 2013 – $3,711,000

(e) 2014 – $3,667,000

(4) Three Phillips Microdose L30 digital mammography x-ray machines, two Phillips iU22 Ultrasound machines, and a SIEMENS biopsy (Mammotome) table and equipment.

(5) The three Phillips Microdose L30 digital mammography x-ray machines were purchased in 2010 at a cost of $341,250 each. Total cost of $1,023,750.

One of the two Phillips iU22 Ultrasound machines was purchased in 2010 at a cost of $117,248. The second was purchased in 2014 at a cost of $84,100. Total cost of $201,348.


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