Table 1.
Thematic categories (Puricelli Perin et al., 2021) which the ICSN COVID-19 survey responses were grouped under.
Themes | Purpose | Total number of survey questions |
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Coordination | Describe the process through which the decision whether to suspend cancer screening was made at different levels of decision-making (e.g., geographical, organizational) and the plans for resuming services. | 7 |
Communication | Understand the means by which the decision whether to suspend cancer screening was disseminated within and across the health system. | 4 |
Resource availability | Assess how the allocation of personnel and infrastructure to the COVID-19 response affected the delivery of cancer screening services. | 3 |
Patient follow-up | Assess the outcome of the decision whether to suspend cancer screening at patient-level. | 1 |