title: Cervical cancer screening in the Netherlands.
abstract: The Netherlands is among the European countries with low incidence and almost lowest mortality from cancer of the uterine cervix. Screening started around 1970, being a combination of local and regional invitational programmes and opportunistic screening. In 1996 screening activities have been structured to a new national and nationwide programme. The restructuring concerned the management and financing of the programme, organisation, target age-ranges and interval, follow-up of abnormal test results, and evaluation. At the moment short-term results of implementation of the new screening programme are becoming available. It will take many more years before long-term effects of the new programme will emerge.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vanmarle@mgz.fgg.eur.nl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Ballegooijen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hermens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D018579:Patient Selection; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods