Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening attendance: Effect of removing the examination fee.
J Med Screen
; 25(4): 223-224, 2018 12.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The organized population-based screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Stockholm, Sweden, started in 2010. An examination fee was initially charged, but later removed because of a policy change. We examined the effect on screening attendance of removing the fee.METHODS:
The periods before and after removing the examination fee were compared with regard to screening attendance, overall, by municipality and by district.RESULTS:
Screening attendance was 79.2% in the period with an examination fee and 79.9% in the period without an examination fee (p = 0.1787), with no significant change in screening attendance between the periods.CONCLUSIONS:
Although removing examination fees has been shown to have a positive impact on attendance in other screening programmes, we did not find this association in our study.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal
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Honorários Médicos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article