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Table 11 Description of preventive health services provided in the five European countries surveyed

From: Migrant’s access to preventive health services in five EU countries

 

Organized screening program

Year of implementation of the screening program

Inclusion of the screening as item of the Health Interview Survey

Screening test

Mammography

  Belgium

Yes

2001

Yes

  Italy

Yes

1990

Yes

  Malta

Yes

2009

Yes

  Portugal

Yes

1990

No

  Spain

Yes

1990

Yes

Pap smear test

  Belgium

Yes (only Flanders)

2013

Yes

  Italy

Yes

1996

Yes

  Malta

Yes

2016

Yes

  Portugal

Yes

1990

No

  Spain

Yes

1986

Yes

Colorectal screening

  Belgium

Yes

2009

No

  Italy

Yes

2005

Yes

  Malta

Yes

2013

No

  Portugal

Yes

2009

No

  Spain

Yes

2000

Yes

  1. The table contains information about the presence of organized screening program, separately for mammography, Pap smear test and colorectal screening; the year of implementation of the screening program and the inclusion of information about the screenings as an item of the Health Interview Survey in the five studied countries