[Colorectal-cancer-screening update; status in Austria and European countries; and quality assurance of screening-colonoscopy]
Patera N
Record ID 32013000250
German
Authors' recommendations:
The emerging evidence on effectiveness of CRC-screening allows to tentatively infer that all CRC-screening strategies might prove to have similar effect sizes on the population level when introduced into programmatic screening-practice. Quality assurance and participation rates may thus be of key importance for realizing potential net health gains from CRC-screening.
Even if quality assurance is made mandatory in the context of opportunistic screening, it often may not match the stringent and comprehensive quality focus of organized screening-programs. The publication of the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnosis has the potential to encourage a dynamic towards establishing organized and quality assured CRC-screening programs.
Examples of how to plan and organize quality assurance in organized population-based CRC-screening programs is available. Interesting models to learn from in an organized population-based context can for instance be found in England, in the Netherlands and in Norway. Germany and Poland offer lessons for quality assurance in organized opportunistic programs.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2013
URL for published report:
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/983/1/HTA-Projektbericht_Nr.41c.pdf
URL for additional information:
http://eprints.hta.lbg.ac.at/983/
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Austria
MeSH Terms
- Mass Screening
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Austria
- Europe
- Colonoscopy
Contact
Organisation Name:
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment
Contact Address:
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for fuer Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA), Garnisongasse 7/rechte Stiege Mezzanin (Top 20), 1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43 1 236 8119 - 0 Fax: +43 1 236 8119 - 99
Contact Name:
tarquin.mittermayr@aihta.at
Contact Email:
office@aihta.at
Copyright:
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fuer Health Technology Assessment (LBI-HTA)
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