Evaluation of a free-coupon program for cervical cancer screening among the young: A nationally funded program conducted by a local government in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-56

  Ueda, Yutaka ^a   Sobue, Tomotaka ^a   Morimoto, Akiko ^a   Egawa Takata, Tomomi ^a   Hashizume, Chie ^b   Kishida, Hisayo ^b   Okamoto, Satomi ^b   Yoshino, Kiyoshi ^a   Fujita, Masami ^a   Enomoto, Takayuki ^c   Tomine, Yoshimi ^d   Fukuyoshi, Jun ^d   Kimura, Tadashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Social and Environmental Medicine Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Cancer Scan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Consecutive screening; Free coupon; Screening rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923884743     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20140080     Document Type: Article

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