title: The value of models in informing resource allocation in colorectal cancer screening: the case of The Netherlands.
abstract: In May 2011, the Dutch government decided to implement a national programme for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using biennial faecal immunochemical test screening between ages 55 and 75. Decision modelling played an important role in informing this decision, as well as in the planning and implementation of the programme afterwards. In this overview, we illustrate the value of models in informing resource allocation in CRC screening using the role that decision modelling has played in the Dutch CRC screening programme as an example.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Hees
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Ann G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Zauber
authors.affiliation: Department of Quality Improvement, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harriët
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Veldhuizen
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marie-Louise A
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Heijnen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Corine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Penning
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Koning
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marjolein
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Ballegooijen
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lansdorp-Vogelaar
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009780:Occult Blood; D016730:Program Development; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COST-EFFECTIVENESS