Operations Research Applications in Health Care Management by Cengiz Kahraman & Y. Ilker Topcu

Author:Cengiz Kahraman & Y. Ilker Topcu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

12.1.1 Assessing Population Level Screening

Screening for a disease is a strategic investment, requiring a significant amount of resources and involving large population segments. The decision to implement a screening program should be taken after careful consideration of the costs and benefits of such programs. A report commissioned by the World Health Organization defined the criteria that should be considered in making this important decision (Wilson and Jungner 1968). Since then, these criteria have been considered the gold standard in making such decisions (Andermann et al. 2008). The original criteria are given in Table 12.1. Evaluation of screening for CRC against these criteria reveals that most of the criteria are met. Table 12.1Criteria to evaluate population level screening programs (Wilson and Jungner 1968)

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