9.
Equipment utilization in NCCSP
| Variables | No. of institutions | χ2 | P | No. of equipment | ||||||||
| Urban (n=10) | Rural (n=10) | Urban | Rural | |||||||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |||||
| NCCSP, National Cervical Cancer Screening Program; TCT, thin prep cytologic test; HPV, human papillomavirus. | ||||||||||||
| Digital colposcope | 10 | 100 | 10 | 100 | − | − | 22 | 21.6 | 18 | 32.7 | ||
| Cytology test | − | |||||||||||
| TCT slide processor | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 20.0 | − | 0.350 | 6 | 5.9 | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Microscope | 10 | 100 | 9 | 90.0 | − | 1.000 | 22 | 21.6 | 21 | 38.2 | ||
| HPV testing | 9 | 90.0 | 7 | 70.0 | − | 0.582 | 13 | 12.7 | 7 | 12.7 | ||
| Pathology diagnosis | − | |||||||||||
| Pathology imaging analysis instrument | 10 | 100 | 2 | 20.0 | − | 0.001 | 11 | 10.8 | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Dehydrator | 8 | 80.0 | 2 | 20.0 | − | 0.023 | 9 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Embedding machine | 8 | 80.0 | 2 | 20.0 | − | 0.023 | 9 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| Slicer | 9 | 90.0 | 2 | 20.0 | − | 0.005 | 10 | 9.8 | 2 | 3.6 | ||