title: [14 years of screening for cervix carcinoma in a family practice].
abstract: Since 1975 the general practitioners of 'Ons Medies Centrum' in Oss have been inviting women systematically for cervical screening and cervical smears. The attendance and protection rate were evaluated for the period 1975-1989. 85% of the women 35-54 years of age had had a cervical smear within 5 years after they entered the general practice or had not been invited because of a total hysterectomy. After a starting period of a few years the protection rate stabilised at 75%. There was no relation between residential quarter, health insurance, ethnic origin and attendance for the screening. Age was the only factor related to attendance: the attendance rate among older women was lower.
authors.affiliation: Ons Medies Centrum, Oss.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: van Gerven
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kant
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Palm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003256:Community Participation; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006123:Group Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
vernacular_title: Veertien jaar screening op cervixcarcinoom in een huisartspraktijk.