Table 3.

Comparison of the utilisation of CCS services between the present study findings (RCCs) and previous studies in HICs

Countries	Utilisation of CCS services, %		Degree of inequalities				Sources
	Poorest (Q1)	Richest (Q5)	RPD	RPR	(Q5-Q1) / Q5	Conc.I
Present study findings (18 RCCs)	18.76	40.19	21.43	2.14	0.53	0.298	Present study
Austria	68.40	91.80	23.40	1.34	0.25	0.315	[36]
Australia	50.40	62.10	11.70	1.23	0.19	0.126	[55]
Brazil	55.40	88.40	33.00	1.60	0.37	0.296	[36]
Denmark	45.00	78.00	33.00	1.73	0.42	0.098	[56]
France	42.50	80.10	37.60	1.88	0.47	0.269	[36]
Finland	49.90	74.10	24.20	1.48	0.33	0.122	[36]
Germany	68.30	80.50	12.20	1.18	0.15	0.139	[36]
Greece	31.40	62.40	31.00	1.99	0.50	0.266	[36]
Hungary	38.60	78.30	39.70	2.03	0.51	0.285	[36]
Italy	72.10	69.90	−2.20	0.97	−0.03	0.061	[36]
Ireland	19.90	45.50	25.60	2.29	0.56	0.220	[36]
Luxembourg	79.20	88.90	9.70	1.12	0.11	0.243	[36]
Mexico	57.30	69.60	12.30	1.21	0.18	0.119	[36]
Netherlands	46.40	65.90	19.50	1.42	0.30	0.151	[36]
Paraguay	32.40	71.00	38.60	2.19	0.54	0.314	[36]
Portugal	18.70	71.30	52.60	3.81	0.74	0.318	[36]
Russia	60.50	77.00	16.50	1.27	0.21	0.142	[36]
Spain	44.00	72.30	28.30	1.64	0.39	0.207	[36]
Slovenia	62.50	78.40	15.90	1.25	0.20	0.273	[36]
Sweden	62.50	75.80	13.30	1.21	0.18	0.177	[36]
Slovakia	47.00	70.10	23.10	1.49	0.33	0.208	[36]
Uruguay	48.10	75.50	27.40	1.57	0.36	0.246	[36]
UK	56.80	63.40	6.60	1.12	0.10	0.069	[36]

Note: CCS cervical cancer screening, RCCs resource-constrained countries, HICs high-income countries, Q₁ poorest socio-economic status, Q₅ richest socio-economic status, RPR rich-poor ratio (Q₅/Q₁), RPD rich-poor difference (Q₅-Q₁), Conc. I Concentration Index