title: Performance indicators collected from primary health centres included in organised cervical cancer screening programme in the Republic of Serbia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the performance indicators for monitoring the cervical cancer screening process conducted in primary health centres (PHCs) and to identify any shortcomings in the implementation of the Organized Cervical Cancer Screening Programme (OCCSP).
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 16 PHCs participating in the OCCSP in the Republic of Serbia. The data were analysed from the moment the methodology in the PHCs has been accurately and consistently applied in accordance with the European guidelines (earliest from 20th December 2012 until 30th November 2014). We constructed "the standardised" model (adjusted on the number of working months). Performance indicators analysed in this study were: coverage by invitation, coverage by examination, and compliance with invitation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to "the standardised" model, coverage by invitation was 61.9%, coverage by examination was 35.5% and compliance to invitation was 57.3%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Social mobilization, education, effective promotion strategies and training about cervical cancer screening program-especially in women of target population-as well as better coordination and planning of capacity-building, and staff resources in PHCs, are needed in the future in order to obtain higher values for our performance indicators. Screening registration will provide additional information about demographic characteristics of the tested women.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut", Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naumovic
authors.forename: Verica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jovanovic
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ilic
authors.forename: Uros
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rakic
authors.forename: Damjan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirkov
authors.forename: Zivko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Perisic
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D055771:Serbia; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*