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Colorectal cancer screening policy in Hungary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2009

László Gulácsi ,
Gábor Vas ,
István Pintér  and
Ildikó Kriszbacher
László Gulácsi
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Director, Health Economics and Technology Assessment Research Centre, Corvinus University of Budapest, Fővám tér 8. 1093 Budapest, Hungary (laszlo.gulacsi@uni-corvinus.hu)
Gábor Vas
Affiliation:
PhD student, Department of Health-Economics, Policy & Management, University of Pécs, Vörösmarty u. 4., Pécs 7621Hungary
István Pintér
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, 2nd Department of Medicine, University of Pécs, Ifjúság u. 13., Pécs 7624Hungary
Ildikó Kriszbacher
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Institute of Nursing and Clinical Sciences, University of Pécs, Vörösmarty u. 4., Pécs 7621Hungary
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We read with great interest the excellent paper of Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea et al. on the review of current policies of screening for colorectal cancer in European countries (12).Colorectal cancer screening has been a hot topic in health technology assessment and medical decision making (13;15;18). The study by Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea and colleagues focused mainly on the “old” fifteen member states of the European Union; however, colorectal cancer represents a large epidemiological (3;11) and economic (4) burden for the society and the healthcare financing agency in Eastern European countries. We would like to highlight some important aspect of colorectal cancer screening in Hungary.

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Commentaries, Views, and Developments in Hta
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 109 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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