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Cooperative Association of the German Mammography Screening Programme

The Cooperative Association of the German Mammography Screening Programme (Kooperationsgemeinschaft Mammographie, or KoopG for short) was founded in 2003 as a non-profit joint venture of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (see Legal Basis and Specifications).

It consists of the German Mammography Screening Office in Berlin and five Reference Centres (RC), located in Berlin (RC Berlin), Gießen (RC SouthWest), Münster (RC Münster), Munich (RC Munich), and Oldenburg (RC North). The Cooperative Association is responsible for quality assurance and training in the programme, as well as evaluations concerning the quality of structures, processes and results.

The major tasks of the Cooperative Association are:

  • Certification and regular re-certification of all screening units every 30 months
  • Regular evaluation of the performance of the screening programme and the quality assurance procedures
  • Public relations and communication of health information relating to the breast cancer screening programme