BACKGROUND: @entity5 is the leading cause of @entity204 and one of the largest burdens of disease in Korea. In 1996, the 'Ten year Plan for @entity5 Control' was formulated and the government then adopted the plan as a national policy. As part of this plan, the National @entity5 Screening Program (NCSP) for Medicaid recipients was formulated, and the government adapted this in 1999. For low-income beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), the screening program has been in place since 2002. In 2002, the @entity5 of NCSP were @entity0 . This study was conducted to examine the relationships between the participation rate, the abnormal screening rate and the socio-demographic factors associated with participation in the screening program. METHODS: To analyze the participation rate and abnormal rate for the NCSP, we used the 2002 NCSP records. The information on the socio-demographic factors was available from the database of the beneficiaries in the NHIC and Medicaid. RESULTS: The participation rate of the Medicaid beneficiaries for the @entity0 screening were 9.2%, 15.5% and 15.0%, respectively, and 11.3% and 12.5%, except cervical @entity5 which wasn't be included in the NCSP, for the beneficiaries of the NHIC. The abnormal rate of @entity0 screening were 25.7%, 11.2% and 21.0%, respectively, for the beneficiaries of Medicaid and 42.6% and 19.4% for the beneficiaries of the NHIC. On the multiple logistic regression analysis, gender, age and place of residence were significantly associated with participation rates of the NCSP. For @entity5 , @entity1 participated in the NCSP more than @entity1 . The participation rate was higher among @entity1 in their fifties and sixties than for those @entity1 in their forties and those @entity1 over seventy years in age. For the @entity0 , @entity1 in their fifties were more likely to participate in the NCSP than @entity1 in their forties and @entity1 over sixty. For the place of residence, @entity1 in the rural areas participated more than those @entity1 in any other places. CONCLUSIONS: The above results show that the participation rate and abnormal rate were significantly associated with the socio-demographic factors. To improve the participation rate for the NCSP, more attention should be given to the underserved groups.

[Participation rate and related socio-demographic factors in the national XXXX screening program].

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['stomach cancer', 'cancer', 'Cancer', 'target cancers'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men', 'women', 'people'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast and cervical cancer', 'stomach, breast and cervical cancer']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
