Table 2 Characteristics of breast centres collaborating and not collaborating with the screening programme (n = 82)
Characteristic | Total number | Collaboration with the screening programme | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | |||
Geographic area | 0.26 | |||
North | 53 | 6 (11) | 47 (89) | |
Centre | 19 | 4 (21) | 15 (79) | |
South | 10 | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | |
Hospital classification | 0.12 | |||
Public hospital | 52 | 5 (10) | 47 (90) | |
Private accredited hospital | 5 | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | |
IRCCS and AOU | 14 | 5 (36) | 9 (64) | |
Private accredited IRCCS | 11 | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | |
New breast cancer cases treated in the last year (n)b | 0.067 | |||
< 345 | 41 | 3 (7) | 38 (93) | |
≥ 345 | 41 | 10 (24) | 31 (76) | |
Staff of the multidisciplinary team (n)b | 1.00 | |||
< 21 | 41 | 7 (17) | 34 (83) | |
≥ 21 | 41 | 6 (15) | 35 (85) | |
Dedicated breast radiologists (n)bc | 1.00 | |||
< 5 | 41 | 7 (17) | 34 (83) | |
≥ 5 | 41 | 6 (15) | 35 (85) | |
Dedicated radiographers (n)bd | 0.23 | |||
< 5 | 43 | 9 (21) | 34 (79) | |
≥ 5 | 39 | 4 (10) | 35 (90) | |
Mammogram reading volume in the last year (n)b | 0.068 | |||
< 15,000 | 42 | 10 (24) | 32 (76) | |
≥ 15,000 | 40 | 3 (8) | 37 (93) | |
Availability of a data manager | 0.84 | |||
No | 17 | 3 (18) | 14 (82) | |
Yes, external | 4 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | |
Yes, internal | 61 | 9 (15) | 52 (85) | |
Availability of a clinical database for quality assurance and research | 1.00 | |||
No | 9 | 1 (11) | 8 (89) | |
Yes | 73 | 12 (16) | 61 (84) | |
BCCert Certification | 0.095 | |||
No | 58 | 12 (21) | 46 (79) | |
Yes | 24 | 1 (4) | 23 (96) | |