Here women get free trip to mammography
When the screening was centralized in Uppsala in 2008, free trips were first introduced with the county’s sickness bus. The region then added free public transport. The purpose was to compensate for the distances, especially for rural residents in the northern parts of the county.
– There we know that we have a slightly lower coverage rate in mammography, says Staffan Thore, investigator within the health care unit in Region Uppsala.
A free ticket can be resolved in the county traffic app before the visit. Those who themselves spend for public transport can apply for compensation afterwards.
– We believe that flexible transport, where you do not have to think about costs, contribute to more people coming, says Staffan Thore.
In Örebro County it is enough By showing call or visitor receipt on the bus to travel for free to and from the X -ray clinic. But where the distances are the longest, in northern Sweden, women pay hundreds of kronor.
Distance can affect the tendency to participate in the screening, according to the Cancer Foundation.
– Some groups participate to a lesser extent. Among other things, foreign -born women and people have mental illness. But also people in rural or sparsely populated areas, says Sara Johansson, the organization’s head of interest policy.
Those who have more than a The half -hour trip to the reception participates to a lesser extent, according to a report for increased participation in the screening programs that the Cancer Foundation joined last year.
– More binding rules from the state are needed so that all regions do in the same way, such as Uppsala and Norrbotten. So that they offer the same type of information and that you may receive reimbursement for travel if it can be an alternative, says Sara Johansson.
She wants to see more state control, including through a national screening center and annual follow -ups.
Glenn Berggård (V), Regional Council in Norrbotten, greater general government grants are demanding to level out widely different geographical conditions.
– I think the regions are basically best suited to understand regional conditions and thereby rig the systems in an acceptable way. But state funding, not just for the screening programs, needs to be noticed, he says.
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