Hours of obstetrician activity for primary Pap smears, Pap smears performed, and rate of Pap smears per hour for 2019 and 2020, overall, by semester, and for the periods 1 January–8 March and 9 March–30 June 2020, with percentage changes
Time period | Pap smear clinic time (hours) | Pap smears performed (n) | Rate of pap smears per hour | Pap smear mean duration (min) |
January–June 2019 (n) | 2498 | 12 415 | 5.0 | 12.0 |
January–June 2020 (n) | 892 | 4411 | 5.0 | 12.0 |
January–June 2019–2020 change (%) | −64.3 | −64.5 | −0.5 | 0.5 |
1 January–8 March 2019 (n) | 961 | 4883 | 5.1 | 11.8 |
1 January–8 March 2020 (n) | 892 | 4411 | 5.0 | 12.0 |
1 January–8 March 2019–2020 change (%) | −7.2 | −9.7 | −2.7 | 2.7 |
9 March–30 June 2019 (n) | 1537 | 7532 | 4.9 | 12.2 |
9 March–30 June 2020 (n) | 0 | 0 | – | – |
9 March–30 June 2019–2020 change (%) | −100 | −100 | – | – |
July–December 2019 (n) | 1784 | 7252 | 4.1 | 14.6 |
July–December 2020 (n) | 3445 | 12 349 | 3.6 | 16.7 |
July–December 2019–2020 change (%) | 93.1 | 70.3 | −11.8 | 11.8 |
Overall 2019 | 4282 | 19 667 | 4.6 | 13.0 |
Overall 2020 | 4337 | 16 760 | 3.9 | 15.4 |
Overall 2019–2020 change (%) | 1.3 | −14.8 | −15.9 | 15.9 |
The first semester was split into two periods, 1 January–8 March and 9 March–30 June, to show performance differences before and after the screening suspension.