Socioeconomic differences in participation and diagnostic yield within the Dutch national colorectal cancer screening programme with faecal immunochemical testing.
Miriam P van der MeulenEsther Toes-ZoutenkijkManon C W SpaanderEvelien DekkerJohannes M G BonfrerAnneke J van VuurenErnst J KuipersFolkert J van KemenadeM F van VelthuysenMaarten G J ThomeerHarriët van VeldhuizenHarry de KoningIris Lansdorp-VogelaarMonique E van LeerdamPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Screening has the potential to reduce health inequalities in CRC mortality, because of a higher detection in participants with a lower SES. However, in the Dutch screening programme, this is currently offset by the lower participation in this group.