Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Patera N. Kolonkrebsscreening - teil 3: status screening-aktivitten und qualittssicherung screening-koloskopie. [Colorectal-cancer-screening update; status in Austria and European countries; and quality assurance of screening-colonoscopy] Vienna: Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fuer Health Technology Assessment (LBIHTA). HTA Projektbericht 41c. 2013 Authors' conclusions 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. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Austria; Colonoscopy; Colorectal Neoplasms; Europe; Mass Screening Country of organisation Austria English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Ludwig Boltzmann Institute 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 Email: claudia.wild@hta.lbg.ac.at AccessionNumber 32013000250 Date abstract record published 22/04/2013 |