TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zhan, Tianzuo
AU  - Hielscher, Thomas
AU  - Eckardt, Maximilian
AU  - Giese, Thomas
AU  - Schäfer, Christoph
AU  - Riemann, Jürgen F
AU  - Ebert, Matthias P
AU  - Belle, Sebastian
TI  - The effect of gender-specific invitation letters on utilization of colorectal cancer screening.
JO  - Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
VL  - 57
IS  - 9
SN  - 0044-2771
CY  - Stuttgart [u.a.]
PB  - Thieme
M1  - DKFZ-2019-02253
SP  - 1051-1058
PY  - 2019
AB  - Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening can effectively reduce cancer-associated mortality. In Germany, individuals over the age of 50 or 55 have access to CRC screening services. However, utilization rates are persistently low, particular in the male population. This observational study investigates the effect of standard versus gender-specific invitation letters on utilization of CRC screening services. We analyzed utilization rates of individuals who were insured by a large health insurance fund in Bavaria, Germany. Persons who became eligible for CRC screening received a standard (2013-2014) or a gender-specific invitation letter (2015-2016). We compared utilization rates within 6 months after receipt of the invitation letter using billing codes of the health insurance fund. Invitation letters were sent to 49 535 individuals, of which 48.8 
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31525797
DO  - DOI:10.1055/a-0958-2874 
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/144828
ER  -