RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The value of models in informing resource allocation in colorectal cancer screening: the case of the Netherlands
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1985
OP 1997
DO 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309316
VO 64
IS 12
A1 Frank van Hees
A1 Ann G Zauber
A1 Harriët van Veldhuizen
A1 Marie-Louise A Heijnen
A1 Corine Penning
A1 Harry J de Koning
A1 Marjolein van Ballegooijen
A1 Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar
YR 2015
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/64/12/1985.abstract
AB 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.