Figure 7. Deferral period for postponed screening appointments by province, profession, and place of practice (n=467).

Deferral period for postponed Pap test appointments is shown by (A) province, (B) profession, and (C) place of practice. Deferral period for postponed human papillomavirus (HPV) test appointments is shown by (D) province, (E) profession, and (F) place of practice. Deferral period for postponed HPV/Pap co-test appointments is shown (G) province, (H) profession, and (I) place of practice. Answers include responses for question 19 by questions 2 (province), 4 (profession), and 5 (place of practice). Panels A, D, and G: Territories include Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Other provinces include Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan (and one respondent who preferred not to say). Panels B, E, and H: Primary includes general practitioners/family physicians, nurse practitioners/registered nurses, physician assistants, and a manager of a community health center; secondary (clinical) includes colposcopists and colposcopy registered nurses/registered practical nurses; secondary (cytological) includes cytopathologists/technologists and pathologists; tertiary includes gynecologists/obstetrician-gynecologists, gynecology oncologists, and gynecology nurses. Panels B, C, E, F, H, and I: Frequency count exceeded total number of respondents as some reported multiple professions and places of practice. DK: Don’t know; NA: Not applicable to my practice.