Open AccessAbdominal aortic aneurysm screening attendance: Effect of removing the examination fee
Author(s) -
Anneli Linné,
Rebecka Hultgren,
Daniel Öhman,
Sven Törnberg,
K. Miriam Elfström
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1177/0969141318774583
Subject(s) - attendance , medicine , abdominal aortic aneurysm , physical examination , population , aneurysm , surgery , environmental health , economics , economic growth
The organized population-based screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Stockholm, Sweden, started in 2010. An examination fee was initially charged, but later removed because of a policy change. We examined the effect on screening attendance of removing the fee.
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