The effect of an organized, nationwide breast cancer screening programme on non-organized mammography activities
The effect of an organized, nationwide breast cancer screening programme on non-organized mammography activities
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DOI:
10.1258/jms.2008.007070
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Ember, Istvan
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作者:
Boncz, Imre;Sebestyen, Andor;Ember, Istvan
Objectives To analyse the effect of an organized, nationwide breast cancer screening programme on non-organized mammography activities in Hungary.Setting The nationwide dataset of the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund Administration covering the years 2000-2005.Methods Data derived from the nationwide database of the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund Administration. The study includes all women undergoing mammography before (2000-2001) and after (2002-2003/2004-2005) the introduction of organized screening.Results The number of women having non-organized (opportunistic/diagnostic) mammograms was around 250,000 in 2000-2001, but increased to 350,000 in 2005. In the age group 45-64 years in 2000-2001, only 27.4% of all women undergoing mammography were examined within locally-organized programmes. After the introduction of the nationwide programme, this percentage increased to 61.0% in 2002-2003, and 56.3% in 2004-2005. After the introduction of the nationwide organized programme (2002-2003), the proportion of organized screening mammographies remained among the highest in county Hajdu-Bihar (78.4%) and Zala (88.3%) and increased significantly in county Vas (87.7%).Conclusion The introduction of an organized nationwide screening programme in Hungary resulted in increases in the number of screening mammographies, and also of non-organized mammographies. Although the ratio of organized screening versus non-organized mammography changed in favour of screening mammographies, there are large within-country differences between counties.