A Technical Solution for Data Collection and Performance Evaluation of Mammography Screening in Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Czech Republic is a central European country with approximately 10 million citizens. The mammography screening program was started in September 2002. This program is designed for all women in the 45 to 69 age group, which consists of roughly 1,500,000 women according to demographic data. Mammography examinations are provided free by health insurance companies every 2 years. There are 54 accredited mammography screening centers. The Centre of Biostatistic and Analyzes was delegated as the national centre of data collection and data quality assessment.We are presenting a comprehensive technical solution with all the advantages and disadvantages learned during the 3 years of its development. The central database now contains data of more than 600,000 examined women and histological findings of more than 3,000 detected carcinomas. |